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

["Serg B." <sergicles () gmail com>]

To be fare, we do have an option to submit this form via a website.
However I don't think most people would, given that they know that
someone is going to come around to pick it up.

Also, and this is only my opinion, but majority of people (excluding
those who dream in binary) would rather answer the questions on paper
while watching TV or what not, as apposed to dedicating specific time
to sit in front of the computer to answer the survey (assuming they
have access to the Internet in the first place).


On 01/08/06, Kurt Seifried <bt () seifried org> wrote:
> > 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