My privacy – Your safety

A manual for activists to protect your privacy and security online

Table of contents

  1. Chapter 1: Introduction
  2. Overall context
  3. Safety vs Security
  4. The right to privacy and security
  5. Why online security and privacy are relevant for 2021 / Reflection on digital revolution post-pandemic
  6. Why we should pay attention to online security
  7. Chapter 2: Privacy Awareness
  8. “I have nothing to hide” argument and other excuses
  9. The risks of internet privacy
  10. When online surveillance and profiling exploit our democracy
  11. Chapter 3: Tips for online privacy and security
  12. Privacy tips
  13. Surveillance tips
  14. Chapter 4: Collection of resources for activists and organisations
  15. Good habits
  16. List of various resources, guides, tools
  17. Appendices
  18. Appendix 1 – A GDPR mini overview. Learn the law, use the law

Overall context

This manual has been created for activists, youth workers, human right organisations workers and volunteers.

The pandemic in 2020 has accelerated a phenomenon that has been part of our lives already, for people in NGOs and in the private sector: our work, our activities and our courses have been moving online. We all are using many different platforms, apps and software to facilitate our work online, but also our personal life and to stay in touch with friends and family. As much as this is a great achievement and we have been adapting quickly to this change, we also need to be aware that with the great opportunity of greater connection come big risks, especially for people working in our field.