Applied Privacy

The Foundation for Applied Privacy is a non-profit privacy infrastructure provider based in Vienna, Austria. It operates privacy-enhancing services for the general public, offering them free of charge to help protect privacy, freedom of expression and digital rights. Its work aims to thwart commercial tracking and mass surveillance, help people circumvent censorship, and promote secure communication.

The foundation also supports free software that advances these goals, and conducts and promotes IT security research related to such software. Beyond operating its own services, it shares its practical experience as a privacy infrastructure provider and encourages and assists others who want to operate privacy-enhancing services. Through its services and broader activities, the foundation works to increase the dissemination and availability of privacy-enhancing tools.

Its website provides information through a blog and presentations, and invites visitors to learn about its infrastructure, support its work through donations, or explore membership and sponsorship. The foundation presents privacy protection as a practical, community-supported effort grounded in accessible tools, secure communication and digital rights