Privacy and The Census - Wendy Grossman in ORGZine
Have you completed your 2011 Census form yet? Or have you binned it? There has been a lot of grumbling about this year's census, mostly around the security of personal data, so Wendy Grossman's article 'Standing up for the census' in the current ORGZine (Open Rights Group's online magazine) makes an interesting read.
"I have – both here and elsewhere – written a great deal about privacy and the dangers of thoughtlessly surrendering information but I'm inclined to defend the census. And here's why: it's transparent. Of all the data-gathering exercises to which our lives are subject it's the only one that is. When you fill out the form you know exactly what information you are divulging, when, and to whom. Although the form threatens you with legal sanctions for not replying, it's not enforced."
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