A battle for freedom and privacy is being fought right now. We are living under constant surveillance. Everything we do is recorded, analyzed and sold. This way, the state and big business can make decisions about us – and for us.

We are unhappy with this arrangement. We want new technologies to serve people. We want freedom. We want privacy. This is what we are fighting for.

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We are keeping an eye on the state and tech corporations. We fight for laws to protect people’s freedom and privacy. We empower people to live consciously in the digital world.

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Article Panoptykon Foundation challenges the data retention regime in Poland: Telecom companies requested to delete activists’ data Panoptykon Foundation supports activists and attorney-at-law Artur Kula to demand four biggest telecom companies in Poland to delete data stored for the purpose of law enforcement in the last 12 months. They want to challenge the current unlawful data retention regime in Poland. 24.04.2025 Text

Article Successful advocacy: the government declares no further extension of data retention obligation Data retention obligation will not be further extended in Polish law on electronic communication. However, the current, unlawful scope of telecommunication data retention remains unchanged. Our advocacy effort proved successful. 23.02.2023 Text

Article Anxious about your health? Facebook won’t let you forget There is little point in telling Facebook which posts you do not want to see – it will not listen. 07.12.2023 Text

Article Win against Facebook. Giant not allowed to censor content at will By blocking the accounts and groups of Społeczna Inicjatywa Narkopolityki (SIN, the Civil Society Drug Policy Initiative), Meta has infringed on the organization’s personal rights. On Wednesday, a Polish court issued a watershed decision in a case supported by the Panoptykon Foundation, thereby… 14.03.2024 Text