LobbyPlag

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LobbyPlag.eu aims to make complex and opaque democratic procedures within Europe transparent, focussing on data protection legislation

URL
http://lobbyplag.eu
Keywords
data protection, leaked documents, europe, politicians, legislation, law, parliament
Project Current Phase
Released
Project Start Date
2012
Launch Date
2012
Most Recent Update
2015
Update Frequency
yes
Thematic Focus
Data
Issue addressed
Traceability
Geographic Focus
Europe

Experience

How does a user interact with and navigate the project?

Narrative
Query
Yes
Geographic Map
Yes
Timelines
Yes
Lists
Yes
Network Visualisation
Other Visualisation
Raw Data
Yes

Description

Summary of the project and its approach


Approach (How?)
LobbyPlag uses publically available and leaked data to rank countries and politicians on their work on data protection legislation, also publishing and highlighting the changes made to legislative documents over time
Language
English
Commissioner
Self-commissioned
Publisher
OpenDataCity (Germany)
Partners
europe-v-facebook.org

Impact

Indicators of reach and impact of the project

Target Audience
Online Audience Reached
Small Network
Twitter
lobbyplag (1613 followers)
Publisher's Twitter Followers
Online Rank
Google: 6 Alexa: 4,328,861 OSE Domain Authority Rank: 47 /100 Marketing Grader Rank: ()
Online Rank (Publisher)
Google: Alexa:
News Source
High
Offline Audience Reached
International
Outcome
LobbyPlag analysis has been widely reported and mentioned alongside Max Schrems's court case against Facebook Ireland over transfer of data to the US intelligence services
Last updated
23/12/2015
Attempts against the project
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Technology

What tools and code were used to create the project?

Tech Best Practices:
Code Repository
https://github.com/lobbyplag
Tool
Database
Frontend
Backend
Data Format
Data Standard
Technical Documentation URL
Technical Architecture Documentation
Schema Documentation
Design Documentation
API Documentation

Data Sources

Data Sources

Team

Team size and expertise

Team Size
Medium
Team Experience
Research
Dedicated
Data Science
Dedicated
Engineering
Dedicated
Design
Dedicated

Project Methodology

What strategies were in place for managing the project?

Project Methodology
Open Source
Yes
Open Data
Yes
Budget
Contracting
Risk Planning
Sustainability Planning

Documented Practices

Documentation about project practices

: http://lobbyplag.eu/governments/about

Organise / Analyse Data
http://lobbyplag.eu/governments/method

Practices

How projects handle different aspects of data management

Data Modeling
Complex
Ethical Collection
Ethical Storage
Data Collection
Trained Collectors
Data Collection
Data Verification
Data Cleaning
Data Analysis
Statistical
Data Description
Basic
Data Licensing
Open
Ethical Publishing
Ethical Publishing
Data Publishing Mode