U.S. Ranks near bottom on Privacy
From Jonathan Giuffrida:
A UK-based Privacy International organization just released a report on surveillance societies around the globe, and the U.S. is, of course, near the bottom. The rankings were based on scores in such categories as privacy enforcement, visual surveillance, law enforcement access, and democratic safeguards. The U.S. received a raw score of 2.0 out of 5, placing it below every single country in the European Union except the United Kingdom. The highest-ranking countries were Germany and Canada. The report says that America is especially prone to workplace monitoring and an apathetic leadership.
The chart and map are here: http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-545269
The report is here: http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/phr2005/aboutphrtable.pdf