I can't believe the mailout I received from NZ Post yesterday (also at www.nzpost.co.nz/win) asking me to voluntarily complete a questionnaire with all the usual income, home, mortgage, personal interests, finance, shopping habits, DOB, marital status, children's DOB etc - but also asking me to hand over my name, physical address, email address and phone numbers under the guise of winning a cash prize of $15,000, or one of several smaller prizes.

The (non) "Privacy Clause" says:
"By undertaking the New Zealand Post Survey, you and your partner's name and contact details may be provided to organisations from New Zealand and overseas to enable them to provide you and/or your partner, with information about products, services and offers relevant to your responses to this survey. New Zealand Post may also use this information for the same purpose.

New Zealand Post is committed to protecting your personal information and giving you a choice about how it may be used. We understand that you may be concerned about the confidentiality and security of the personal information we collect from you. We know that when you entrust us with your personal information, both online and through the mail, we will only use it for the purposes for which it was provided. It is a responsibility we take very seriously."

What, hang on, in the first paragraph, I've just agreed to let you pass all my details onto practically anyone, but the confidentiality of my details is very important to you. Right........

Will anyone actually be silly enough to had over all this information?

Sigh! I guess they will....