The Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) and our partners—the Invisible Institute, Innocence & Justice Louisiana, Data Cívica, and Kilómetro Cero—launched the Technology Freedom Cooperative in August 2026. The Cooperative creates shared, distributed storage and computing capacity to preserve, process, and analyze critical human rights data. The Cooperative stores encrypted copies of this data across multiple physical locations and legal jurisdictions, including Canada, the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Europe. If one jurisdiction becomes hostile to our work, backup copies remain accessible so researchers can continue their vital work without interruption.

Principles of data preservation

A core principle of HRDAG is “don’t lose the data.” Fulfilling this principle requires two key measures: (1) maintaining multiple redundant copies of all active data across distinct geographic locations and political jurisdictions; and (2) verifying that these copies remain unaltered and uncorrupted over time.

The Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) and our partners—the Invisible Institute, Innocence & Justice Louisiana, Data Cívica, and Kilómetro Cero—launched the Technology Freedom Cooperative in August 2026. The Cooperative creates shared, distributed storage and computing capacity to preserve, process, and analyze critical human rights data. The Cooperative stores encrypted copies of this data across multiple physical locations and legal jurisdictions, including Canada, the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Europe. If one jurisdiction becomes hostile to our work, backup copies remain accessible so researchers can continue their vital work without interruption.

Principles of data preservation

A core principle of HRDAG is “don’t lose the data.” Fulfilling this principle requires two key measures: (1) maintaining multiple redundant copies of all active data across distinct geographic locations and political jurisdictions; and (2) verifying that these copies remain unaltered and uncorrupted over time.