Unlike private-sector data brokers, most* government databases are required by law to collect only the minimum type of data needed for their purpose and no more, and they must go through a formal public process to define what and why they need it.
* non-classified of course
ok i have another quote tweet prompt. what's something, big or small, related to your job or hobby, that most people don't know that you would like to have them know? it can be a concept, a piece of history, some vocabulary, or something else.