At the Digital Freedom Foundation, we believe in the power of freedom in the digital world. That’s why we proudly organize three cornerstone events every year: Software Freedom Day (SFD), Hardware Freedom Day (HFD), and Document Freedom Day (DFD). Each of these events addresses a critical aspect of digital freedom and serves as a rallying point for communities around the globe to advocate, educate, and innovate.

Why These Three Freedom Days?

• Software Freedom Day (SFD): This day is dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Software forms the backbone of our digital lives, and ensuring it remains open, accessible, and community-driven is essential to safeguarding innovation and user rights.

• Hardware Freedom Day (HFD): While software is vital, it’s meaningless without the hardware to run it. HFD emphasizes the need for open hardware, which allows for transparency, repairability, and innovation without vendor lock-in.

• Document Freedom Day (DFD): Our digital communications and records rely on documents. DFD champions the use of open standards to ensure documents remain accessible and usable, regardless of the tools or platforms used to create them. For this event, we’ve partnered with The Document Foundation to strengthen our efforts and reach a wider audience.

These three days are deeply interconnected. For instance, hardware freedom doesn’t make sense without software freedom; after all, open hardware needs trustworthy software to operate. Similarly, document freedom hinges on software that respects open standards, ensuring that documents are treated fairly and remain accessible for years to come.

What About Other Freedom Days?

While SFD, HFD, and DFD are our core events, we recognize that they don’t cover every aspect of digital freedom. In the past, we’ve celebrated other Freedom Days, such as:

• Education Freedom Day (EFD): Advocating for free and open educational resources.

• Culture Freedom Day (CFD): Highlighting the importance of free culture and creative commons.

We’re also exploring new possibilities to address emerging challenges in the digital realm, such as:

• AI Freedom Day: Focusing on ethical AI, transparency in algorithms, and democratizing AI technologies.

• Journalistic Freedom Day: Promoting responsible journalism, media freedom, and countering misinformation in the digital age.

• Identity Freedom Day: Highlighting the importance of privacy and self-sovereignty in the digital world.

Why We Need Your Help

As much as we’d love to champion every cause, our current team can’t take on all these events with the same level of commitment. That’s why Software Freedom Day is our biggest and most celebrated event. For Document Freedom Day, we’ve teamed up with The Document Foundation to share the workload and maximize impact.

If you feel a certain event is important in the digital realm and would like to help set the wheels in motion, we’d love to hear from you. Whether you’re an individual, company, or organization, here are a few ways you can get involved:

1. Get in Touch: Share your ideas with us if you’d like to collaborate on a new event or suggest improvements to existing ones. By teaming up, we can achieve much more.

2. Make Suggestions: Join the discussion on our Matrix channel and let us know what movements you think deserve more attention.

3. Sponsor an Event: Help us shine a spotlight on specific issues by sponsoring a Freedom Day event.

Why Every Freedom Matters

At its core, the idea of “Freedom Days” is about empowering individuals, communities, and societies to take control of their digital lives. Whether it’s through ensuring software and hardware freedom, advocating for privacy, or fostering open education, each freedom contributes to a larger ecosystem of trust, accessibility, and innovation.

By working together, we can create a future where every aspect of the digital world remains open, equitable, and free for everyone. Let’s celebrate freedom—today, tomorrow, and every day!

Effective Date: 2024-06-25

Welcome to digitalfreedoms.org, the official website of the Digital Freedom Foundation (DFF). We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information we collect, how we use it, and the measures we take to ensure your data is secure.

1. Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:

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The types of personal information we may collect include:

• Name
• Email address
• Postal address
• Phone number
• Payment information (for donations)

We also collect non-personal information automatically through cookies and similar technologies. This may include:

• IP address
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• Device information
• Pages visited on our site
• Time and date of visits

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We use the information we collect to:

• Provide and improve our services
• Process registrations and donations
• Communicate with you about events, updates, and news
• Personalize your experience on our site
• Analyze site usage and improve our website

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For individuals in the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for processing your personal information includes:

• Your consent
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We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we may share your information with:

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As a US-based organization, your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States. We ensure that such transfers are compliant with applicable data protection laws and that your data remains protected.

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We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, please note that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: You can request a copy of the information we hold about you.
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Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites. We encourage you to read their privacy policies.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on our website. Your continued use of our website after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated policy.

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If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

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Thank you for supporting the Digital Freedom Foundation and our mission to promote digital rights and freedoms worldwide.

Welcome to the site of Digital Freedoms

Welcome Friend of Digital Freedoms!

Maybe you organized Software Freedom Day, Hardware Freedom Day, Document Freedom Day in the past. Maybe you even organized Culture Freedom Day or Education Freedom Day. Or maybe you're here for the very first time. Whatever is the case, be welcome on our site.

If you created an account, it probably was because you want to organize an event in the near future, or you want to edit an existing event.

Here are a few important pages:

• Create an account or log in to contribute.
• Log in to add an event to the map.
• Under the content on the site, you can always give comments.
• Did you find a mistake? Copy the link and report it to the webmasters. We'll try to fix it ASAP.
• Did you help organize an event in the past, and would you want to edit the content? Copy the link and report it to the webmasters.

Some base rules

• This site is welcoming to everyone. To keep it this way, you're also expected to respect others.

You're fabulous! Thanks for submitting your event to our calendar.

Be patient now... one of the moderators will review your submission. We don't want our calendar filled with spam and junk. In a few days you can expect your event to be visible on the site.

Just a few pointers I'd like to give you:

• You can still edit the event afterwards, so don't hesitate to place links to recordings if these should come available at some point.