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by Kiro 2727 days ago
In many countries name, address, social security number etc are all public information so really depends on where you live.
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"Would you be happy to have your tax return displayed for everyone to see? In Norway, no one can disguise their earnings, as every citizen's is made available for everyone else in the country to inspect. Workers can see what their colleagues earn and neighbours can snoop on how much the people next door make — all legally and online.

On a date every year in October, just after midnight, Norwegian citizens' annual tax returns are posted online — and the country's Norwegian newspapers leap to produce top ten lists of the country's highest earners, the incomes and taxes paid by the political and cultural elites, celebrities and sportspeople. https://www.theguardian.com/money/blog/2016/apr/11/when-it-c...