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August 4, 2016 08:07 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/WlsTz-mtFlU/decision-to-retain-personally.html
Decision to retain personally identifying information puts Australian census under threat
Without an accurate census, it's virtually impossible to make good national policy, which is why so many countries make census participation mandatory (when former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen "Dumpster Fire" Harper made the long-form census optional, statisticians and policy wonks quailed) -- which is why the Australian government's decision to collect and retain -- for 10 years -- personally identifying information on census participants is such a big deal. (more…)
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