[LINK] Tweedledum, Tweedledee Hostile to Privacy

[Roger Clarke]

Media Release and brief supporting documents at:
http://www.privacy.org.au/Media/MR-ElectChall-130818.pdf


             Tweedledum and Tweedledee* Hostile to Privacy

"A vote for Labor, the Liberals or the Nationals is a vote for 
privacy-invasive government and weak privacy protections", says 
public interest advocacy group, the Australian Privacy Foundation 
(APF).

APF identified 18 topical areas of privacy policy and assessed the 
parties' platforms.

"The results are a big embarrassment for the major parties", said APF 
Chair Roger Clarke.

"Out of a possible 100, Labor scored 22, the Liberals 11 and the Nationals 13".

"Even issues-based parties with only a few policies relevant to 
privacy scored at that level".

The Greens coverage of the area was commendable, with a score of 89 /100.

"The biggest surprise to us was that the Pirate Party, which only 
completed its Policy Statement after the campaign began, scored 
differently from the Greens, but reached the same total score", said 
Clarke.

"This demonstrates that parties that are in touch with their 
constituencies - in the Pirate Party's case the digitally literate, 
and for the Greens the broader electorate - can produce proposals 
that are practical, and that balance privacy needs with economic and 
social objectives".

The 18 topics are attached, and at:
http://www.privacy.org.au/Papers/ECF-2013.html

The analysis is attached, and at:
http://www.privacy.org.au/Papers/ECF-2013-Scores.html

Contact:     Roger Clarke   -   chair at privacy.org.au   -   (02) 6288 6916


*  For the relevance of Tweedledum and Tweedledee, see:
http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/ 
Publications_Archive/CIB/cib9596/96CIB14


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