Golden Key Campaign Introduction
EFF and other civil liberties groups ask that a key-and-envelope logo be displayed to show support for the essential human right of privacy.
This fundamental building block of free society has been affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court, the constitutions and laws of many countries, and the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights.
YOUR privacy is endangered by the Arms Export Control Act, the ITAR Regulations, key "escrow" policies of the US Federal government, and by the legislatures and executive agencies of many other countries.

Both the key and the envelope symbolize historic means for communicating privately and protecting personal and commercial information. Today, only encryption tools can provide this privacy in the electronic world. For the same reasons you would not send a love letter or your credit card number through the mail on the back of a post card, we need to ensure that strong encryption -- the electronic version of an envelope -- becomes and remains more widely available.

The Golden Key & Envelope will be a way to raise awareness of these issues, from locally to globally, and for the quiet voice of reason to be heard.