What Numis records about your household

A government register

Numis is a government register of households. Each record is linked to a house and the people who live there. Records are not anonymous. Planners need to know who lives where.

What is recorded

For each house, Numis records a photo of the house and its GPS location. Numis gives each house an allotment address, a code such as GER-003-0005. For each person who lives there, Numis records their full name, age, sex, relation to the head of household and what work they do. If they work, it records who they work for or where they work. It also records a photo of their face. All of this goes into the household register.

Why it is recorded

This information is collected to plan towns and to work out what people need if a settlement is moved. It helps the government know who lives in an area and plan services for them. The government may also use these records for other purposes allowed by Papua New Guinea law. It may also share them with other government agencies for those purposes. These purposes can include law enforcement.

Who can see your record

Inside Numis, only authorised survey teams and authorised Numis officers can see household records, including each person's details. They see them in the same Numis tools used to record and verify them. Each time someone opens a person's record, Numis logs it. Records may also be shared with other government agencies, as explained under “Why it is recorded”.

How long records are kept

Household records, and the details of each person in them, are kept as an official register for as long as the settlement profiling program runs. There is no process to delete a record. This rule will be reviewed at the end of the pilot.

Taking part is required. Numis does not ask for your consent.

The national settlement profiling program requires this information to be collected. Numis does not ask your household for consent. Nothing on this page means you have given consent. Before recording anything, the surveyor reads this notice out loud:

This government survey records who lives at this house: a photo of the house, and each person's name, age, work and photo. The records are used for state planning. The government may also use them, or share them with other government agencies, for other purposes the law allows, including law enforcement. Taking part is required by the national settlement profiling program.

If your household objects, tell the surveyor. Your objection is written on your household's record, with the date and the surveyor's name. Objecting does not stop the survey. It does not remove the record. The information is still collected. There is no way to withdraw. There is no process to delete a record.

Questions

Questions about your household's record? Contact Numis demo privacy line (made up, not a real contact) on 000 0000 (not a real number).