Country rankings
14 Eyes Countries
14 Eyes Countries: compare 14 countries on 5 metrics.
Member of 14 Eyes
1 value across 14 entries
Member of 9 Eyes
2 values across 14 entries
Member of 5 Eyes
2 values across 14 entries
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 Australia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Australia Signal Directorate (ASD) | The Telecommunications Interception and Access Act allows intelligence agencies to intercept and access stored communications with a proper warrant. |
 Belgium | Yes | No | No | State Security Service (VSSE) | Belgium’s Data Retention Act required ISPs and TSPs to retain user activity logs. However, the Act was struck down by Parliament. |
 Canada | Yes | Yes | Yes | Communications Security Establishment (CSE) | The Anti-Terrorism Act establishes the CSE’s mandate, which includes acquiring and using information from the global information infrastructure for intelligence and surveillance activities. |
 Denmark | Yes | Yes | No | Danish Defence Intelligence Service (FE/DDIS) | Denmark has ratified the European Union’s Directive on Data Retention. Resultantly, telephone providers and ISPs have to log user data, including their IP address. |
 France | Yes | Yes | No | Directorate General for Internal Security (DGSE) | The French Intelligence Act 2015 allows intelligence agencies to lay telephone or internet wiretaps, exploit computer networks, and access metadata. |
 Germany | Yes | No | No | Federal Intelligence Service (BND) | The German Federal Constitutional Protection Act allows intelligence agencies to infiltrate foreign service providers to access relevant information. It also allows the decryption of encrypted messages. |
 Italy | Yes | No | No | Italian Intelligence and Security Services (AISE) | Italy’s Anti-terrorism law includes provisions enabling intelligence agencies to lay wiretaps and share data for national security purposes. |
 Netherlands | Yes | Yes | No | General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) | The Intelligence and Security Services Act 2017 allows agencies to intercept communications, hack third parties, and decrypt files. |
 New Zealand | Yes | Yes | Yes | Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) | The Intelligence and Security Act 2017 empowers surveillance agencies to collect and analyze data in keeping with government priorities. |
 Norway | Yes | Yes | No | Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) | The Norwegian Intelligence Service Act 2020 empowers the NIS to collect information with third parties for the purpose of bilateral/multilateral collaboration. |
 Spain | Yes | No | No | National Intelligence Centre (CNI) | The Data Retention Law allows national intelligence agencies to access user logs retained by TSPs and ISPs. |
 Sweden | Yes | No | No | Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service (MUST) | Sweden’s Data Collection Act grants the Swedish Security Service the power to obtain logs from TSPs and ISPs and decrypt electronic communication. |
 United Kingdom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Government Communications Headquarters (GHQC) | The Investigatory Powers Act allows for the bulk collection of internet records and requires internet service providers (ISPs) to keep user logs of websites. |
 United States | Yes | Yes | Yes | National Security Agency (NSA) | The PATRIOT Act allows agencies to collect a vast amount of data, including call records and emails. |
Quick answers
- Where does this 14 eyes countries data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Best VPNs outside 14 Eyes Alliance - Cyber News; 5/9/14 Eyes Countries & VPNs: What You Need to Know (2023) - VPN Mentor; UKUSA Agreement - Wiki.