Global Encryption Day is an annual day of action, when civil society organizations, businesses, technologists, and millions of Internet users across the world come together to promote, protect and defend strong encryption. It is an opportunity to demonstrate why strong encryption matters.

Encryption keeps people, their information, and their communications private and secure. It underpins trust online, protects members of vulnerable communities, and safeguards the data of governments, businesses and citizens from criminals and hostile governments. But encryption is under increasing threat all around the world.