Census: Are you 100% honest?

[kiwi]

I was rather disgusted to get email after email from family and friends urging me to indicate my religion to prevent a mosque being built in my suburb, or to prevent Christmas being banned.

When I read all these ridiculous emails with extremely racist undertones, I realized I could no longer call Australia a proudly multicultural nation.

Precisely

[Scotty72]

People worried about what the "government knows" about them should be more worried about what private commercial enterprises know. Statistical data derived from the census is clean of identity and for free, you can get a lot of information from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. If you like, you can pay for more information searches.

Information you submit intentionally or accidentally to commercial agencies is bought, sold traded, stolen and actively used for a variety of purposes including reforming your purchasing habits.

I know this doesn't remove me from the radar completely but, I never participate in 'Fly-Buy' type rewards / loyalty schemes nor do I enter competitions etc.

Nor do I fill in surveys or 'warranty cards' etc.

These are nothing short of data mining schemes.

As a result, I very rarely receive annoying phone calls, emails or addressed letters with ads / schemes / scams that are tailored to my habits.

It is always amazing how much personal/compromising data people are willing to give over.

Scotty

[bluey1960]

When you have people referring to themselves as Jedi Knights in the census, I've wondered about this also, but I follow the rules and give them what they want to know honestly. I think it is an inaccurate, inefficient and intrusive yet legitimate exercise.

[Scotty72]

When you have people referring to themselves as Jedi Knights in the census, I've wondered about this also, but I follow the rules and give them what they want to know honestly. I think it is an inaccurate, inefficient and intrusive yet legitimate exercise.

Nice use of anesis: very fitting for the census

[ameerat42]

Trust Greek! What a relief.