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| The court referred to “informational privacy” – “This notion of privacy derives from the assumption that all information about a person is in a fundamental way his own, for him to communicate or retain for himself as he sees fit.” | |||
This citation seems to uphold what many believe to be true – that the Census is an intrusion and a violation of our right to privacy. Is it right that force and coercion should be used to frighten people into compliance, of course not.
There is an alternative to not completing the census form and that is to ask some questions of your own. The attached template file(s) derive from the efforts of Dave who is very active in providing advice and support to others so that they can better understand their rights.
The following constitutes a Notice of Conditional Acceptance and Request for Clarification from the Office for National Statistics. In truth, the questions in this template are reasonable and are those posed to any business in the UK offering services or employing people in a “secure” role.
This is a work in progress so if anyone has suggestions for additions to this document post a reply here and I’ll incorporate them into updates. Now wouldn’t it be fun if all those using this template were to send their letter by recorded delivery on the same day - say Wednesday 16th March 2011 so they all arrive together on the same day 
It occured to us that since the census form is address to “The OCCUPIER” that the letter should come from “The OCCUPIER” – v5 is updated.
Microsoft Word Document: CENSUS2011 – Conditional Acceptance v5
Adobe PDF Document: CENSUS2011 – Conditional Acceptance v5
Some interesting Freemen suggestions have been made by Steve Anderson – v6 is updated with these:
Microsoft Word Document: CENSUS2011 – Conditional Acceptance v6
Adobe PDF Document: CENSUS2011 – Conditional Acceptance v6
NO MORE CHANGES WILL BE MADE OR UPLOADED HERE! MANY THANKS FOR ALL THE SUGGESTIONS WHICH HAVE MADE THIS A COMPREHENSIVE AND INSIGHTFUL PROJECT.
Orla
2011/03/14 at 12:33
Thank you for posting this and quotation from Martin Niemoller.
I hope somebody will prepare something like this letter for Irish citizens where similar company CACI UK will collect data. I wonder if it is possible to ask Census Officers to sign a statement that government will compensate me for disclosure or careless handling of my private data?
In Ireland fine for lack of cooperation with Census Officers is €25,000.
diogeneseassociates
2011/03/14 at 14:57
Sorry, don’t know much about the census in Ireland but if we assume the data is being collected and handled centrally then we can assume that the companies involved are the same and that the data from Ireland should be subject to the same controls that the data from England, Wales and Scotland.
In this situation, the template could be used – I’m sorry that we can’t confirm one way or the other; perhaps someone else viewing this post can shed some light on the matter?
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diogeneseassociates
2011/03/14 at 15:16
A search reveals the following; the Scottish census is being handled by CACI as well although there is a little controversy over their appointment too. There are a number of differences in the terms and conditions, for example, only 200 jobs are being “made” in Scotland so any use of the template should reflect this figure.
http://www.caci.co.uk/204.aspx
http://www.caci.co.uk/329.aspx
Scotland Against Criminalising Citizens (SACC) is condemning the use of CACI, see here:
http://www.sacc.org.uk/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=601&catid=27
Indymedia Scotland has some issues too, see here:
http://www.indymediascotland.org/node/15841
The Guardian newspaper reports on the contractors alleged torture links; the human rights issues here alone are tremendous and should be used:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/mar/06/scotland-census-abu-ghraib
Tenpercent has some information here:
http://tenpercent.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/snp-hires-abu-ghraibs-caci-for-scottish-census/
Count Me Out – action against the 2011 census also has some interesting information to report on CACI here:
https://network23.org/countmeout/2011/03/12/scotland%E2%80%99s-census-and-caci/
Although these are primarily Scottish links, the same company is being used in Ireland therefore the same objections should be raised.
We hope this helps and if anyone is working on an Irish and/or Scottish variation to our template – please share it – thanks!
Jules
2011/03/14 at 14:12
I think there might be something wrong with the link to V3. Is it much different to V4 & V5 ? Without seeing it, I think I’m going with The Occupier V5.
Thanks very much for the template.
diogeneseassociates
2011/03/14 at 14:53
Each version is an improvement on the previous versions based on valuable input from many people – the older versions will be removed and you should use the latest. We only leave a couple of versions in place in case someone is currently working on those versions.
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john ebrill
2011/03/14 at 19:10
What email address can we send this to ?
diogeneseassociates
2011/03/14 at 22:49
Sorry – send what??
Jules
2011/03/21 at 00:01
I have just received a letter back from the ONS, saying how beautifully democratic and lawful it is and how they will look after our data so very well. What a load of bull, but take a look at this which could well be Plan B http://www.peacenewslog.info/2011/03/how-to-fill-in-your-census-form-without-lockheed-martin-profiting-short-version/
Mr T C Knight
2011/03/24 at 09:34
This is a good way to voice concerns about the machine of progress we are implicitly involved in. Thank you and please keep me informed.