MoveOn gives voters a way to opt-out in their Phone From Home Application #privacy #p2 #tcot

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the Democrats and Republicans "phone from home" tools with a specific focus on voter privacy. Who "won"? It wasn't even close. 

The Republicans blew the Democrats away. All the details are at my post here, but the bottom line is that the Democrats revealed the following critical personal information to anyone on the internet who wanted to start making calls:

Home PhoneParty IdentificationGenderAgeHome Town

Today I take a look at a major progressive organization, MoveOn.org, and their phone from home tool.

Bottom line?

MoveOn.org is head and shoulders above the Democrats in terms of protecting voter privacy AND giving the voter a way to opt out of future calls. MoveOn does not use the "click to call" technology of the Republicans which does such a great job of hiding both the volunteer's phone number as well as the voter's number.  

What I really like about the MoveOn tool is that they have a very clear "resolution" for a reached call that allows the volunteer to record the "Don't Call Again" wishes of the voter.

Here it is:



Here are two screen shots that, put together, provide you a view of what the main screen looks to a volunteer.

Note the very easy usability and very limited "ask" of the volunteer and the voter. The colors are helpful as well.

MoveOn does not reveal the voter's: Age, Full name, Gender, or location.






Hats off to MoveOn for revealing little personal information about the voter and, in particular, for giving the voter the right to opt out of future calls.



Shaun Dakin is the CEO and Founder of the National Political Do Not Contact Registry located at StopPoliticalCalls.org.  
Mr. Dakin has testified at the US Senate and is widely recognized as
one of the leading advocates for voter privacy rights in the United
States. He is the founder, as well, of the global series of un
conferences called PrivacyCamp. He is also the recipient of the 2008 Mashable.com Open Web Award for non profit social media activism. He lives in Falls Church, VA with his family.

While working on voter privacy issues he tweets at @EndTheRoboCalls
You can find his email here.