Netherlands poor in privacy rankings
Thursday 03 January 2008
The Netherlands scores poorly when it comes to protecting citizens’ privacy, according to a report published by the British watchdog Privacy International on Thursday.
Holland is ranked as the 21st worst country in the European Union when it comes to privacy with a score of 2.1 out of five, reports ANP news service. Last year it won 2.3 points.
According to the researchers, the Netherlands fares badly because citizens are obliged to carry an identification card and because of telephone tapping procedures and internet data storage regulations.
Greece tops the EU privacy list with a 3.1 score while Britain and France are at the bottom both with a 1.4 points. The US gets 1.5 points, just ahead of China, Russia and Malaysia which are all given a 1.3.
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Sunday: Above zero in most places with light snow or sleet. Light frost at night. Similar on Monday
This isn't so much news as 'spin' - something (the only thing?) the Labour party excels at. Falling around halfway between the best and worst, the Netherlands is 'average' in the privacy rankings. The Netherlands fare badly because of ID cards and yet the UK Government plan to introduce these soon - in order to rank alongsinde China, no doubt. Don't even mention the recent loss by a government department of personal data for every child in the country...
NL 2.1, US 1.5, UK 1.4, Russia 1.3
It's just another case of 'point the finger at everyone else and nobody will notice our disgraceful score.' So very typical of this UK Government.
By SP | January 3, 2008 10:28 AM