At 22:29 04 March 2020, mart wrote:
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Australian had access to life tracking data through a sub page on the
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ing website. The page was not password protected and completely availible
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o everybody that knew where to look.
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Other teams knew australia had life tracking data during the comp but
that
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was no problem because they thought they had it through private OGN's.=20
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At least 2 and likely more teams had access to live tracking data through
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rivate OGN's.=20
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The IGC specifically didn't make having life tracking data illegal
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it is so easy to get.
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The rapport found th=C3=A0t the way Australia obtained the life tracking
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ta was not illegal since it was publicly available on an open website but
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nethical because the teammember had worked with the website during other
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mps and knew about this point.=20
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Australia would have likely used an OGN to get the tracking data as some
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e other teams did if they hadn't had known about this webpage.
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Concluding, this was not cheating, other teams had or could have had the
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me information which is allowed by the rules.=20
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The ICG rules that allow teams to obtain and use tracking information is
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e core problem.

There is a big difference between using OGN data where the identity of
gliders is hidden, and the Organisers undelayed data where it is not.