We are thrilled to announce Ranking Digital Rights’ participation in a new collaborative partnership with Consumer Reports and several other leading privacy, security, and human rights organizations to develop a digital standard to measure the privacy and security of products, apps, and services. The goal
Ranking Digital Rights is an official host organization for the Open Technology Fund’s 2017 Information Controls Fellowship, which considers applicants from a broad range of specializations and approaches to propose projects that would help “increase understanding of tactics used by repressive governments to censor and
As governments around the world adopt internet regulations that clash with international human rights norms, new and more innovative mechanisms are needed to hold tech companies accountable to these standards, according to a new paper by Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) team members published by the
Why are privacy policies so difficult to understand? Because they are vague and unclear–which prevents users from understanding what companies do with their information, according to new research by former Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) research analyst Priya Kumar. In November 2016, Kumar presented a paper
Last week, Ranking Digital Rights traveled to Guadalajara, Mexico for the the 11th Internet Governance Forum. The theme this year was “Enabling Inclusive and Sustainable Growth.” In all of the workshops and panels we participated in, our message focused on a central concern: as the
We are thrilled to announce Ranking Digital Rights’ participation in a new collaborative partnership with Consumer Reports and several other leading privacy, security, and human rights organizations to develop a digital standard to measure the privacy and security of products, apps, and services. The goal
Ranking Digital Rights is an official host organization for the Open Technology Fund’s 2017 Information Controls Fellowship, which considers applicants from a broad range of specializations and approaches to propose projects that would help “increase understanding of tactics used by repressive governments to censor and
As governments around the world adopt internet regulations that clash with international human rights norms, new and more innovative mechanisms are needed to hold tech companies accountable to these standards, according to a new paper by Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) team members published by the
Why are privacy policies so difficult to understand? Because they are vague and unclear–which prevents users from understanding what companies do with their information, according to new research by former Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) research analyst Priya Kumar. In November 2016, Kumar presented a paper
Last week, Ranking Digital Rights traveled to Guadalajara, Mexico for the the 11th Internet Governance Forum. The theme this year was “Enabling Inclusive and Sustainable Growth.” In all of the workshops and panels we participated in, our message focused on a central concern: as the
