Friday, March 05, 2010

Laughable Census Data Privacy Assurance

Here’s a headline regarding census data privacy from sixteen (16) hours ago.

Gov’t offers new assurance census data is private

Here’s a headline from Scientific American from two (2) years ago, Confirmed: The U.S. Census Bureau Gave Up Names of Japanese-Americans in WW II.  Here is the opening to the Scientific American article.

Despite decades of denials, government records confirm that the U.S. Census Bureau provided the U.S. Secret Service with names and addresses of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

How are you feeling about the government assurance on census data privacy, now?

Posted by John Venlet on 03/05 at 08:00 AM
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