People and Politics | The Census - Why Personal Data is No Longer Personal

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Channel: DW News · 2008 · News & Politics

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Hundreds of thousands protested back in 1983 against the census, arguing that it would give the state too much private information. Nowadays all kinds of personal information is available on the internet, and hardly anyone seems to mind. We discuss the issues with Germany's Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Peter Schaar.

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