Green Party Data Breach as Reams of Private Documents Available Online – Guido Fawkes

EXC: Green Party Data Breach as Reams of Private Documents Available Online

mdi-fullscreen

In a sign of the sloppiness of the Green Party operation over sixty private party documents are available online. If you know the right search term…

Green Party candidate statements for committees and elections alike are all available in documents stretching back years. The public documents include private instructions for party activists in elections and guidance on other matters. Examples include:

• ELECTION GUIDANCE – On polling day: Here are some activities that we need to AVOID:
  • Cars or bikes with loudhailers that remind supporters of our opponents to vote
  • Handing out leaflets at rail/tube stations
  • Leafleting every house on polling day
• PARTY LEADER JOB AD 2016-17 – “Extensive experience of TV, radio and press work, Determination, toughness, resilience, self­confidence. Tact and diplomacy under pressure.”
• WALES RECRUITMENT SCRIPT – Non-Target Candidate Recruitment Script and Guidance: Ask: “Just wondering how you are feeling about the Green Party at the moment?”
  • “Wait for response and show sympathy with view”
• WELCOME GUIDE FOR LOCAL PARTY OFFICERS – Includes “scripts for calls, best practice for emails and guidance for meetings.”

The Greens have uploaded reams of draft material to the internet:

Guido is not publishing the links in order to protect any personal data – a step the Green Party could well learn from. The Greens have been contacted for comment. Seeing as there is a leadership election coming down the track with results on 2 September the party may want to get its house in order. Carla Denyer might want to have a word with the IT department before she goes…