SURVEILLANCE - A SURVEY

DATE: _____________________
GENDER:	M	F
AGE:	10-18		19-30		31-45		46+
NATIONALITY: ______________________


ELECTRONIC COMMMUNICATIONS (monitoring telephone, email, cellular, instant messaging)

1. Does the government have the right to view your instant messages?

Strongly Disagree		Disagree		Agree		Strongly Agree

2. Do you think a third party should have the right to monitor your communications and "red flag" certain words (i.e. Bomb, Terrorist, Drugs) to increase public safety?

Yes		No		Undecided

3. How do you fell about the security of using your credit card over the Internet to purchase items?

100% safe		Fairly comfortable		Uncomfortable

4. Do you think that third party monitoring of telephone lines is a good way for authorities to retrieve information?

Yes		No

ELCETRONIC ENTERTAINMENT (monitoring television, internet surfing, music, videos)

1. Should the government be able to monitor the programs we watch on T.V.?

Strongly Disagree		Disagree		Agree		Strongly Agree

2. Do you think the government has the right to trace what we search for on the Internet for national security purposes?

Strongly Disagree		1	2	3	4		Strongly Agree

3. Should the government be allowed to "flag" key words typed on search engines on the Internet? 

Strongly Disagree		1	2	3	4		Strongly Agree

4. Does the government have the right to watch and trace our computer video files without a warrant?

Yes		No

PUBLIC SURVEILLANCE (Video cameras in public spaces, tracking a person's travels)

1. Do you think it is necessary to monitor customers in the change rooms?

Yes		No

2. Using cameras in change rooms will stop criminal activity such as shoplifting.

Strongly Disagree		1	2	3	4		Strongly Agree

3. What do you think is more important?

a) Personal Privacy
b) Public Security

4. Public surveillance creates a safer society.

Not at all		1	2	3	4		Yes Definitely

5. Should the government spend more time and money on public surveillance for better security or focus on other issues?

a) Public Surveillance
b) Other issues

PERSONAL CONSUMPTION (tracking purchases, buying patterns, and personal habits)

1. Purchases over __________ should be tracked to avoid fraud.

a) $1-$100	b) $101-$500		c) $501-$1000		d) not at all	e) yes all

2. Should purchases of known criminals and ex-convicts be tracked?

Never		1	2	3	4	5	Most Definitely

3. Should purchases be tracked by store origin to ensure legitimacy?

Never		1	2	3	4	5	Most Definitely

4. Do you think the U.S. should have access to Canada's purchasing information?

Yes		No