There's the reason the Germans wouldn't even take a census until recently because of what the Nazis did with that data during WWII: http://online.wsj.com/artic

There's the reason the Germans wouldn't even take a census until recently because of what the Nazis did with that data during WWII: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303982504576423814268469244.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405270230398250457642... Can you imagine what kind of weapon this massive library of data would be in the wrong hands?