Re: Valid/sufficient identification mechanisms/credentials for personal data collection.

["Kurt Seifried" <bt () seifried org>]

> Currently, every Australian resident is going through their Census
> (http://www.abs.gov.au/census) survey forms. Seems like a reasonable
> thing to do, maybe not for the paranoid, but anyway… The form is
> around 18 pages long and contains a fair amount of personal questions
> such as your name, surname, date of birth, address, employment
> information, income bracket, etc. A sample can be found here:
> http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/d3310114.nsf/4a256353001af3ed4b2562bb00121564/d14318a2e9282072ca25715d00177d17/$FILE/HHF%202006%20Sample%20only.pdf
>
> It is delivered via a courier and is left near the front the door, and
> pick-up is very much the same. On the front cover of the form, one of
> the bullet points is "Your Collector will return between 9 August and
> 28 August to collect your form".

Interesting, in Canada we mail them in, or we can fill them out online. Each 
paper census that was delivered had a large unique number on it you had to 
enter to do the census online (so they can match forms delivered to 
responses, and addresses and whatnot). Seems alot more secure and cheaper 
than "leave it out on the porch for a few weeks".

-Kurt 


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