IT-Political Association of Denmark
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{{Infobox company
| name = IT-Political Association of Denmark
| logo = Parat.svg
| type = non-profit organization
| foundation = 2002, Denmark
| location = Denmark
| homepage = [http://www.itpol.dk/ www.itpol.dk]
}}
The IT-Political Association (Danish: IT-Politisk Forening, commonly known as IT-Pol) is a Danish non-profit NGO, which works to collect information on IT and convey this to politicians and the society to get the best possible grounds for legislation. The association is independent of political parties and communicates with politicians from all political parties.{{Cite web|url=https://itpol.dk/|title=IT-Politisk Forening|website=itpol.dk|accessdate=18 March 2023}} Membership is open to anyone.[http://itpol.polcast.dk/kontakt/bliv_medlem Bliv medlem] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302004341/http://itpol.polcast.dk/kontakt/bliv_medlem |date=2009-03-02 }} {{in lang|da}}
IT-Pol is the Danish equivalent of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
The Free Software privacy CD, Polippix,{{Cite web|url=http://polippix.org/|title=polippix.org|website=polippix.org|accessdate=18 March 2023}} was started by the IT-Political Association.
Issues
IT-Pol is primarily concerned with issues that restricts citizens and innovation.
= Censorship =
Denmark is one of the countries in which most ISPs filters DNS traffic by default. IT-Pol regards this policy as censorship, as the filter filters content that is legal to view in Denmark.[http://itpol.polcast.dk/politik/omraade/4 Censur] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208192856/http://itpol.polcast.dk/politik/omraade/4 |date=2009-02-08 }} {{in lang|da}}
= Privacy =
The Danish surveillance law, Overvågningsloven {{in lang|da}} was actively fought by IT-Pol.{{Cite web|url=http://itpoliti.dk/|title=Hosted by one.com|website=itpoliti.dk|accessdate=18 March 2023}} IT-Pol developed a CD called Polippix[http://itpol.polcast.dk/politik/omraade/20 Polippix]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|da}} that can mitigate most of the Internet related surveillance included in the surveillance law.[http://itpol.polcast.dk/politik/omraade/11 Privatliv og overvågning] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629041040/http://itpol.polcast.dk/politik/omraade/11 |date=2009-06-29 }} {{in lang|da}}
= Software patents =
IT-Pol believes software patents are not beneficial for innovation and therefore fights Software Patents.[http://itpol.polcast.dk/politik/omraade/5 Softwarepatenter]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|da}}
= Copyright =
IT-Pol believes the balance between society and rights holder should be pushed more towards the society.[http://itpol.polcast.dk/politik/omraade/7 Ophavsret]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|da}}
= Digital rights management =
IT-Pol believes digital rights management causes problems for normal citizens and therefore is not in the interest of the citizens. IT-Pol therefore fights DRM.[http://itpol.polcast.dk/politik/omraade/9 Digital Rights Management]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|da}}
= Open Standards =
IT-Pol believes open standards will foster innovation and remove lock-in. IT-Pol therefore promotes Open Standards and fights proprietary standards.[http://itpol.polcast.dk/politik/omraade/10 Åbne standarder]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|da}}
= E-voting =
IT-Pol believes E-voting should only be allowed if the election has an analog audit trail (paper trail).[http://itpol.polcast.dk/politik/omraade/6 E-valg]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|da}}
= Use of IT in the public sector =
IT-Pol believes the public sector should use IT that makes interoperation with the citizens easier.[http://itpol.polcast.dk/politik/omraade/12 Offentlig IT]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|da}}
= Spam =
References
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Category:Privacy organizations
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Category:Political organizations based in Denmark
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