I think they increased personal details at the same time that they eliminated immediate destruction 2 censuses ago. The change came alongside a promise of “anonymisation” which was roundly mocked for being not actually anonymisation (rather deidentification) and trivially reversible. IIRC they made one minor change that didn’t really fix anything and called it a day. Nobody talked about it the next census.
I used to fill out the census happily because it felt like the government was reasonably balancing the risks and benefits. We have actual nazis in broad daylight now and somehow we’re supposed to trust that the data will be safely managed.
Yeah, I hate it, because i genuinely love the premise of the census, but the data can get massively skewed if it’s not fully anonymous. Like looking at the US and thinking do you want a chance someone can verify you said you were trans.
I think they increased personal details at the same time that they eliminated immediate destruction 2 censuses ago. The change came alongside a promise of “anonymisation” which was roundly mocked for being not actually anonymisation (rather deidentification) and trivially reversible. IIRC they made one minor change that didn’t really fix anything and called it a day. Nobody talked about it the next census.
I am still talking about it :(
I used to fill out the census happily because it felt like the government was reasonably balancing the risks and benefits. We have actual nazis in broad daylight now and somehow we’re supposed to trust that the data will be safely managed.
Yeah, I hate it, because i genuinely love the premise of the census, but the data can get massively skewed if it’s not fully anonymous. Like looking at the US and thinking do you want a chance someone can verify you said you were trans.