What Homo Digitalis does

Homo Digitalis is a Greek civil non-profit organization (Αστική Μη Κερδοσκοπική Εταιρεία) founded in 2018 and headquartered in Athens, Greece. It defends human rights in the digital age through three operational pillars: awareness-raising, policy co-shaping, and strategic legal action. The organization does not develop or sell technology products; instead, it conducts advocacy, publishes research and policy positions, runs digital literacy workshops (including Safer Internet Day programs in Greek schools), and engages in strategic litigation in areas including privacy, data protection, AI governance, surveillance (notably the Predator spyware case), and children's digital rights. Its work targets three primary audiences: Greek citizens and civil society organizations, government and regulatory bodies (Greek and EU-level), and children/families/schools.

The organization operates through a community-led go-to-market model, relying on membership, volunteers, donors, and grants rather than commercial revenue. Its principal funders and supporters include European Digital Rights (EDRi), the Next Generation Internet (NGI), the European AI & Society Fund, and other donors. Homo Digitalis is a member of multiple pan-European coalitions including EDRi, the Greek AI Network (GAIN), and the Pega-Coalition (a network coordinating legal action against spyware). It has observer status at the Council of Europe's CDNET and has filed amicus curiae interventions in European Court of Human Rights cases. As a non-profit, Homo Digitalis does not charge for its services; its revenue model is donation and membership-based, with much of its content and activity also supported by voluntary contributions from members.

Name

Homo Digitalis

Legal name

Homo Digitalis Αστική Μη Κερδοσκοπική Εταιρεία

Website

https://homodigitalis.gr

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Homo Digitalis is a Greek civil non-profit organization defending digital rights through awareness-raising, policy co-shaping, and strategic legal action. It serves Greek citizens, civil society, government bodies, and schools, operating primarily via donations and member contributions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Rights Advocacy

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Rights, Privacy & Free Expression Advocacy (BPAGAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Media Freedom, Access to Information & Digital Rights (BPADAGAE), Content Moderation, Safe Messaging & Classroom Communication Safety (EDAFALAE)

Keywords

• Digital rights advocacy
• Data protection awareness
• AI policy advocacy
• Civil society organization
• Privacy education

Headquarters

HQ city

Athens

HQ country

Greece

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Membership: Homo Digitalis is a civil non-profit company (Αστική Μη Κερδοσκοπική Εταιρεία) that operates primarily through donations and membership contributions. The organization explicitly calls for members and supporters to join and contribute financially.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Homo Digitalis is a Greek civil non-profit organization that defends human rights in the digital age through three pillars: (1) public awareness and digital literacy, (2) co-shaping of digital and AI-related policy at national (Greek) and EU levels, and (3) strategic legal actions, including amicus curiae interventions and surveillance-related complaints. Its work targets privacy, data protection (GDPR), AI governance, freedom of expression online, and children's digital rights, delivered free of charge via publications, workshops, consultations, and coalition-led advocacy.

Product overview

Homo Digitalis is a civil non-profit organization (Αστική Μη Κερδοσκοπική Εταιρεία) focused on defending human rights in the digital age through awareness-raising, policy co-design, and strategic legal actions. The organization does not offer traditional technology products or software services; instead, it conducts advocacy work, publishes research studies and reports, organizes educational workshops, and engages in legal actions related to digital rights, surveillance, AI regulation, and data protection in Greece and Europe.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public Awareness & Digital Literacy Programs Awareness campaigns and digital literacy/cybersecurity education delivered to civil society, schools, and the general public on privacy, data protection, and online safety.
• Policy Co-Shaping & Advocacy Engagement with national and EU-level policy consultations (AI Act, GDPR, DSA, surveillance legislation) through expert input, submissions, and open letters targeting Greek ministries, regulators, and European bodies.
• Strategic Legal Interventions Strategic litigation support including amicus curiae filings at the European Court of Human Rights, complaints to the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights on surveillance/spyware, and coordination through the Pega-Coalition network.
• #SuperCyberKids Educational Video Series Children's digital-safety video series targeting primary and secondary school students, co-produced with (ISC)² Hellenic Chapter and ICSI Hellas.
• Annual Rule of Law Report (Greece) Joint Rule of Law report for Greece submitted to the European Commission, co-authored with seven other Greek civil society organizations (HIAS Greece, RSA, Vouliwatch, Greek Refugee Council, Greek Helsinki Monitor, Reporters United, Solomon).

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully advocated for regulatory scrutiny of Greece's surveillance systems (Predator) leading to parliamentary debates and judicial proceedings.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• European Digital Rights (EDRi)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHomo Digitalis is a member organization of European Digital Rights (EDRi), a coalition of civil society organizations working to defend and extend digital rights in Europe. Through this membership, Homo Digitalis participates in joint campaigns, policy positions, open letters, and research initiatives on AI regulation, data protection, surveillance, and digital rights at the EU level.
• Greek AI Network (GAIN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHomo Digitalis is an active member of the Greek AI Network (GAIN), a coalition of Greek organizations working on AI ethics, governance, and rights. The network conducts joint events, educational sessions, and policy consultations, including on AI Act implementation in Greece. GAIN activities are supported by the European AI & Society Fund.
• Pega-CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Pega-Coalition is a network of civil society organizations (including Homo Digitalis, Data Rights, Irídia, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte, Panoptykon Foundation, Share Foundation) coordinating legal actions and advocacy against spyware in Europe. The coalition filed an amicus curiae brief in the ECHR case Brejza and Others v. Poland.
• CAPrice – Community for Privacy Concerns and ExpectationsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHomo Digitalis is a partner of the CAPrice community, which organizes events and discussions on secure digital privacy. The partnership involves co-hosting events (e.g., in Heraklion, Crete) and promoting digital privacy awareness.
• KIDOT – Family Experience AgencyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHomo Digitalis collaborates with the award-winning KIDOT Family Experience Agency on digital literacy content for families, including video series 'KIDOT meets the world: The Changemakers', podcast 'Parenting for Change', and magazine articles on technology and digital literacy.
• (ISC)² Hellenic Chapter and ICSI HellasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHomo Digitalis collaborates with (ISC)² Hellenic Chapter and ICSI Hellas to create the #SuperCyberKids video series for children's digital safety education, which is shown during school workshops on Safer Internet Day.
• WHEN – Equity Empowerment ChangeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHomo Digitalis collaborates with WHEN (Equity Empowerment Change) as part of the GAIN network and other joint initiatives, including hosting events at the WHEN Hub.
• FORTH (Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHomo Digitalis members have collaborated with FORTH researchers, including the DPO of FORTH who participated in a CAPrice community event co-hosted by Homo Digitalis in Heraklion.
• Expertise FrancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExpertise France partnered with the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance to organize AI Act implementation consultation forums in Greece. Homo Digitalis participates in these forums as a civil society representative.
• Joint Civil Society Coalition for Rule of Law Reporting in GreececoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHomo Digitalis co-authored the annual Rule of Law report for Greece alongside 7 other civil society organizations (HIAS Greece, RSA, Vouliwatch, Greek Refugee Council, Greek Helsinki Monitor, Reporters United, Solomon), submitted to the European Commission for the 4th consecutive year.
• European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHomo Digitalis co-organized a session on Predator spyware at Privacy Camp 2023, which was organized by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), European Digital Rights, VUB, Privacy Salon, and IEEE in Brussels.
• ELIAMEP (Greek Foundation for European and External Policy)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHomo Digitalis participated in two round-table meetings organized by Europe Direct ELIAMEP Attica on civil society's role in EU public consultations and on EU AI strategy, contributing to pluralistic dialogue with expert inputs.
• Digital Rights Coalition on Social Media Ban (25 Organizations)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHomo Digitalis coordinated with 24 other Greek and international organizations including HIAS Greece, RSA, Vouliwatch, Greek Refugee Council, EDRi, Access Now, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and others to submit a joint open letter to the Greek Prime Minister and relevant ministers regarding proposed legislation to ban social media access for children under 15.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Panoptykon Foundation: Panoptykon is a Polish watchdog on surveillance and privacy rights, co-founder of the Pega-Coalition with Homo Digitalis. Both organizations are small, focused civil-society specialists on surveillance litigation, working with the same European coalition network on shared legal interventions.
• Hungarian Civil Liberties Union (HCLU): HCLU is a co-founding member of the Pega-Coalition alongside Homo Digitalis. Both organizations are national civil liberties NGOs that litigate against spyware abuse, participate in ECHR amicus briefs (e.g., Brejza v. Poland), and engage EU rule of law processes — the closest functional analogue in Hungary.
• Iridia (Irídia): Irídia is a Barcelona-based human rights center that litigates on surveillance and digital rights, and is a Pega-Coalition co-founding partner. It is comparable to Homo Digitalis as a Southern European civil society organization engaging in strategic surveillance litigation and EU-level digital rights advocacy.
• Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF): GFF is a German civil liberties organization that pursues strategic litigation on privacy, surveillance, and fundamental rights, and is a Pega-Coalition co-founding partner. It is functionally analogous to Homo Digitalis as a national digital rights organization deploying strategic lawsuits and EU policy advocacy.
• European Digital Rights (EDRi): EDRi is the pan-European coalition of digital rights civil society organizations of which Homo Digitalis is a member. It is the closest organizational peer: shared mission on digital rights, advocacy and policy engagement, awareness-raising campaigns, and direct homodigitalis.gr citations of EDRi work.
• Privacy International: Privacy International investigates and challenges state and corporate surveillance, including spyware exports. It is comparable to Homo Digitalis because both litigate on surveillance (Greek Predator case parallels PI's work on NSO Group), engage Council of Europe processes, and submit civil society input to EU consultations.
• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): EFF is a leading digital civil liberties organization focused on privacy, free expression, and innovation. Both organizations share the mission of contesting mass surveillance (e.g., Predator spyware coalition work is co-signed by Homo Digitalis and referenced alongside EFF norms) and publish policy analysis on AI and platform regulation.
• Access Now: Access Now is a global civil society organization defending and extending the digital rights of users at risk. It is comparable because both organizations pursue digital rights litigation (including before the ECHR), advocate in EU AI/digital policy, run public awareness campaigns, and provide training for civil society.
• Share Foundation: Share Foundation is a Serbian civil society organization focused on privacy and freedom of expression online, and a Pega-Coalition co-founding partner. It parallels Homo Digitalis in operating a regional digital rights NGO that coordinates cross-border litigation against spyware and unlawful surveillance.

Regional players

• Bits of Freedom: Bits of Freedom is a Dutch digital rights organization and EDRi member. It pursues the same mission of defending privacy and freedom of expression online through policy advocacy and litigation, but operates primarily in the Netherlands rather than Greece, making it a regional rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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