PACT (Public perception of security and privacy: Assessing knowledge, Collecting evidence, Translating research into action) is a 36 month collaborative project, partly funded by the European Commission within the scope of the FP7 Security Programme. The multinational consortium constituting the PACT project team shares the common vision depicted by the famous quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin.

Security, Privacy and Fundamental Rights

PACT project believes that security, privacy and fundamental rights are not necessarily in tension, but that they may all be pursued together. We believe that the web of rich and nuanced relations between security and privacy go well beyond any simplistic formula and can be correctly understood only by considering them within the context of complex of societal and cultural interactions.

• Security and Privacy - to assess existing knowledge about the relation between security and privacy and the role played by trust and concern;

• pan-European survey - to collect empirical evidence through a pan-European survey on the public perception of the relation between privacy, fundamental rights, and security, and to analyze the main factors that affect public assessment of the privacy implications of security technology;

• Privacy Reference Framework - to develop and validate an evidence-based Privacy Reference Framework for Security Technology and Decision Support System that may assist end users and policy makers to consider privacy and fundamental rights when they evaluate pros and cons of specific security investments.