AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo!. Now, the principles have over 400 organizations from across the world supporting the principles along with over 40 Experts, Academics and prominent individuals from over 17 countries, and 6 elected officials or political parties from 5 countries. The principles are now being used as model for reform of surveillance law and policy around the world and to provide a benchmark for measuring whether a State's surveillance practices comply with International Human Rights Law. References External links Necessary and Proportional Principles official site Full text of International Principles on the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance Mass surveillance Works about privacy Electronic Frontier Foundation Privacy Information privacy Digital rights