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Participating Agencies

The following government agencies worldwide have partnered to spread the word about how organizations can protect their servers. To learn more about Operation Secure Your Server, click here.
Country Participating Agency
Albania Consumer Protection Department, Ministry of Economy
Argentina Undersecretary of Defense of Competition and Consumer Defense
Australia Australian Communications Authority
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Brazil Consumer Protection and Defense Department
Bulgaria Commission on Trade and Consumer Protection
Canada Competition Bureau
Electronic Commerce Branch of Industry Canada
Direction générale sur le commerce électronique d'Industrie Canada
Chile Servicio Nacional del Consumidor
Colombia Superintendencia de Industria Y Comercio - Colombia
Denmark Forbrugerombudsmanden (site in Dansk)
Consumer Ombudsman (site in English)
Ecuador Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, Industrializacion, Pesca y Competitividad
Finland Consumer Ombudsman
Hungary General Inspectorate for Consumer Protection (GICP) (site in English and magyar)
Fogyasztóvédelmi Fõfelügyelõség (FVF) (site in English and magyar)
Competition Authority (site in English)
Gazdasági Versenyhivatal (site in magyar)
Jamaica Jamaica Fair Trading Commission
Japan Cabinet Office
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications
South Korea Korea Fair Trade Commission
Ministry of Information and Communication
Lithuania National Consumer Rights Protection Council
Netherlands Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority (OPTA)
Norway Ministry of Transport and Communications
Norwegian Post and Telecommunication Authority
Consumer Ombudsman

Panama Comisión de Libre Competencia y Asuntos del Consumidor (CLICAC)
Peru INDECOPI
Romania Romanian Ministry of Interior's General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Antidrug
Serbia Antimonopoly Department, Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Services
Singapore Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
Spain Instituto Nacional del Consumo
Switzerland State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
Taiwan Consumer Protection Commission
Directorate General of Telecommunications, MOTC
United Kingdom Office of Fair Trading
Department of Trade and Industry
U.K. Information Commissioner
Office of Communications
United States Federal Trade Commission