Privacy concerns rise over Australia's online census that retains PII The 2016 Census Will Keep Your Name And Address
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/07/the-2016-census-will-keep-your-name-and-address/ But the price of that accuracy is the fact that the information will be even more valuable to illegitimate users than it will be to government agencies and statisticians. Even the widespread public acknowledgement that this trove of priceless personally identifiable information exists is almost reason enough to halt its collection. If anyone that wants the data that does not already have sanctioned access to it -- hackers, if you want to use such a broad term -- gets a hold of even a cross-section of personally identifiable Census data, the implications could be phenomenally damaging for Australians. - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): https://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: https://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: https://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: https://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Google+: https://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list https://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
