CRO Cyber Rights Organization

What CRO Cyber Rights Organization does

CRO Cyber Rights Organization is a Dutch nonprofit foundation (Stichting Cyber Rights Organization, RSIN 864359895, KVK 87641933) headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, founded in 2022. It operates a free, 24/7 multilingual helpline (English, Dutch, Spanish, Italian) that supports victims of cybercrime and online abuse — including cyberstalking, sextortion, non-consensual intimate image sharing, deepfakes, doxing, ransomware, disinformation, and grooming — through confidential advice, reporting and content-removal assistance, legal coordination, and digital forensics. Its core technical assets are the CRO Protocol for Doxing Detection (a diagnostic system that identifies anomalous data-convergence patterns by comparing leaked databases and monitors Deep/Dark Web spread velocity) and structured Digital Forensics and Monitoring & Transparency Analysis practices that feed legal reporting.

The organization is run by an 11–50 person multidisciplinary team of legal, cybersecurity, communications, child-rights, gender, sustainability, and digital-rights specialists. Beyond direct victim support, CRO offers training programs for NGOs and human rights professionals, university lectures, awareness campaigns, international conferences, and research/policy papers — all produced in collaboration with academic experts and international coalitions. CRO makes money (in the nonprofit sense) through donations and grants; all helpline services are free to end users, and there is no commercial software product, API, or pricing tier. Customer segments span individual victims, SMBs, enterprises, and institutional/governmental partners, with no disclosed customer-count or revenue figures.

Name

CRO Cyber Rights Organization

Legal name

Stichting Cyber Rights Organization

Website

https://cyberights.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CRO Cyber Rights Organization is a Dutch nonprofit NGO operating a free 24/7 multilingual helpline (EN/NL/ES/IT) that supports victims of cybercrime, online abuse, and digital rights violations. It provides legal investigations, digital forensics, training, and policy advocacy for individuals, businesses, and governments globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

The Hague

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: As an NGO/nonprofit organization, CRO operates primarily through donations and potentially grants from institutional donors. The organization is registered as Stichting Cyber Rights Organization (RSIN 864359895). Specific funding details are not publicly disclosed.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

CRO is a nonprofit NGO providing free 24/7 helpline and victim support services for individuals affected by online threats, cybercrime, and digital abuse, including doxing, sextortion, deepfakes, ransomware, grooming, and disinformation. The organization combines legal, technical, and IT expertise to deliver legal investigations, digital forensics, evidence collection, content removal assistance, and case management. Supporting offerings include training programs for NGOs and human rights professionals, university lectures, research and policy papers, awareness campaigns, and participation in international coalitions.

Product overview

CRO Cyber Rights Organization is an NGO that offers a comprehensive suite of digital rights protection services rather than a software product. The core offering is the 24/7 CRO Helpline, which provides direct victim support for various online threats including disinformation, data leaks, digital rights violations, fake accounts, ransomware, sextortion, deepfakes, fake bots, grooming, doxing, and cybercrime. Supporting services include legal investigations, digital forensics, legal reports, training programs for NGOs and institutions, university lectures, conferences, research and policy papers, and awareness campaigns. The organization operates as a multidisciplinary team combining legal, technical, and IT expertise to protect digital human rights.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CRO Helpline

Quantifiable outcome

• Response within 24 hours on support requests
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• Academic ExpertssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRO collaborates with academic experts to produce reports on the state of digital human rights. The research team formulates recommendations and position papers for international institutions, promoting the protection of fundamental rights on the internet.
• International Coalitions and Working GroupscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRO's legal, research, and IT experts actively participate in international coalitions and working groups to promote human rights protection in the digital world. These partnerships facilitate expertise exchange, joint policy development, and concrete initiatives to make the digital world safer, more transparent, and more respectful of everyone's rights.
• BusinessessupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with businesses allows companies to strengthen their digital security, protect user rights, and contribute to a safer and more responsible cyberspace. Partnerships focus on security and privacy, impact projects, and social responsibility.
• Governments and InstitutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with governments and institutions allows CRO to effectively support public policy, promote digital safety, and protect citizens' rights online. Focus areas include policy and regulation, prevention, and educational projects and awareness raising.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Privacy International: Privacy International is a long-established UK-based NGO working on surveillance, data protection, and digital rights advocacy globally. Comparable to CRO's data rights and privacy advocacy work but at significantly greater scale and with established institutional influence.
• Electronic Frontier Foundation: EFF is a leading US-based digital civil liberties organization working on privacy, free expression, and security. Overlaps with CRO on digital rights advocacy and security education but operates at much larger scale with broader scope.
• Article 19: Article 19 is a global freedom of expression organization with policy, litigation, and advocacy work. Comparable to CRO's research and policy paper output, awareness campaigns, and international coalition participation, though with much broader scope.

Direct peers

• Digital Rights Foundation: Digital Rights Foundation runs Pakistan-based Cyber Harassment Helpline and direct victim support for cases of online gender-based violence, doxing, and stalking. Directly comparable to CRO's gender-violence and digital-rights victim support mission at similar organizational scale.
• Cyber Civil Rights Initiative: CCRI provides a crisis helpline and legal resources specifically for victims of non-consensual intimate imagery and online abuse. Closely aligned with CRO's deepfake, sextortion, and image-removal support services.
• Access Now: Access Now operates a 24/7 Digital Security Helpline supporting civil society and high-risk users facing digital threats, and runs broader digital rights advocacy. It is the closest comparable to CRO's helpline-plus-advocacy model, serving victims across multiple languages and geographies.
• INHOPE: INHOPE coordinates the international network of hotlines combating child sexual abuse material online. Directly comparable to CRO's work on CSAM, grooming, and child rights in the digital space, with established cross-border reporting infrastructure.

Emerging players

• Witness: Witness works on video-based human rights documentation and digital safety for activists. Overlaps with CRO on digital forensics and evidence preparation for legal processes involving online abuse.
• Tactical Tech: Berlin-based NGO producing training and educational resources on digital privacy, security, and data literacy. Comparable to CRO's training programs and university lectures on digital rights and online safety.
• CyberPeace Foundation: India-based NGO running CyberPeace Helpline, awareness campaigns, and policy work on cybercrime and digital rights. Similar community-led, helpline-and-advocacy model to CRO, focused on emerging-market victims.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CyberCro
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@crocyberrightsorganization
• Facebookfacebook.com/cyberightsorganization
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cyberightsorganization/p
• Instagraminstagram.com/crocyberrights

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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