The Census, Patriot Act, and Data Safety

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laresTue 15/03/11 13:00		"perhaps the hottest topic of debate is whether, by giving our data to domestic researchers, we will be inadvertently handing it over to the American Government. Concerns have been expressed about the involvement of Lockheed Martin UK, a UK subsidiary of the US defence firm, in processing the questionnaires. Under the legislation commonly referred to as the Patriot Act, American companies are required to allow American intelligence services to access information they hold. Therefore, it has been argued, that the information handled by Lockheed Martin in the UK could be accessed under the terms of the Act." "But this debate is perhaps a distraction from a wider issue of access to census information. The questions raised by critics such as Professor Korff relate more to the latitude allowed by the Statistical and Registration Services Act when it comes to disclosure of census information, which could themselves enable information to be accessed indirectly by foreign governments." http://1sq.me/eKO05c This has been mentioned in quickfind:423999 but I thought it was interesting that although that seems to be an necessary worry, there are other ones.
deleted:halloweenjackTue 15/03/11 13:07		I left my census form at the checkout in sainsburys by mistake, and didnt remember I'd meant to post it until I got home, will the americans get it and do something bad to me do you think?
laresTue 15/03/11 13:14		quoting > "I left my census form at the checkout in sainsburys by mistake, and didnt remember I'd meant to post it until I got home, will the americans get it and do something bad to me do you think?" Worse than that if you left it at Tesco's - you'll start getting mail bombed with discounts.
philc777Tue 15/03/11 13:16		Unless you put down Al Quaeda as your religion, you'll be OK.
philc777Tue 15/03/11 13:26		btw.. ''patriot act''' isn't it great how the americans dress up bullying in such fancy language!
deleted:halloweenjackTue 15/03/11 13:29		"Unless you put down Al Quaeda as your religion, you'll be OK " I put down Ku Klux Klan so I think I'll be ok.

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