ORG Wiki
Welcome to the ORG Wiki
A resource for digital rights issues in the United Kingdom
Who we are
Open Rights Group
is a fast-growing Non-Government Organisation focused on raising awareness of issues such as internet freedoms, data protection, privacy and copyright reform.
Founded in 2005
by a pledge from 1,000 members, the Open Rights Group is funded by small grants and donations from supporters. Our activities include organising campaigns, lobbying government, and helping journalists find experts and alternative voices for stories.
The last decade has included a wide number of digital rights issues in the UK, ranging from privacy concerns brought up by
biometric passports
and
vehicle tracking systems
to overly restrictive copyright law and enforcement mechanisms such as the
Digital Economy Act
. We have never needed an organisation like the Open Rights Group more than we do now. The implications of the digitisation of information and the ease with which such data can be now moved about are vast, and where physical restraints - such as having only paper copies of medical records - once helped secure our privacy, now it is only through unwavering vigilance that we will be able to prevent the abuse of our digital rights.
Get involved
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with the Open Rights Group, helping us campaign on issues you care about.
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; our activities are entirely funded by individuals who care about digital rights. Your donations make our work possible.
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Help us reply to
public consultations
so the government takes into account your views
Help us expose websites that have been wrongly blocked by ISP's by using the
Blocked.org.uk
tool
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Read our articles about:
Local Groups Resources
Brexit
White Paper
Great Repeal Bill
Intellectual Property
EU negotiation stance
Investigatory Powers Act 2016
National Vehicle Tracking Database
Intellectual Property
Digital Rights Management
Digital Economy Act 2010
TRIPS
Free Speech
Internet Censorship
Criminalisation of Free Speech Online
Net Neutrality
Digital Economy Act 2016
Open Government
Open Data
Freedom of Information Act
European Union
European Commission
Council of Ministers
European Parliament
Legislation
European legislation
British legislation
What we're working on
Our current campaigns include:
Running legal challenge
Privacy not Prism
challenging the UK Government mass surveillance
Campaigning against
proposals
for mandatory
default network filtering of online adult-content
Documenting the
over blocking of legitimate content
as a result of the
Pirate Bay website blocking
Campaigning against the default
UK network filtering
of adult content by UK ISPs
Developing the
ORG Censorship Monitoring Project
documenting filtering harms
Continuing the campaign surrounding the
data retention directive
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