[cfaussie] Re: Postcode search

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 02:49:31 -0800

Hi,
 
Don't panic, it is not as Big Brother as that :-)
 
Australia Post provides QAS with a list of 'Deliverable Addreses" like 100 Plain Street, East Perth, WA, 6004, and we validate those fields only against the data our users enter.  There is nothing in there to say who lives there :-)
 
Having said that, I know you can buy 'reverse phone books' on CD-ROM that DO have that facility, and there was even an online one called the Black Pages that did it for a while.
 
dp.
 


 
On 22/02/06, Barry Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

David, forgive me for being curious but what's the privacy
implications involved?

I realise it's not you but AP but still...

<quote>
the QAS tool allows us to check (at the time someone tries to submit
an online form) that they are putting in a genuine address.  If it is
not a 'real' address as far as Australia Post is concerned, they have
to try again.  There is a database behind it which we host here, and
they send updates for it on a regular basis.
</quote>

I've never used your service but in theory you have my address on tap too.

>> There is a database behind it which we host here

and heaven help the person if the details supplied by AP are incorrect...

sorry, I've gone all "1984"-ish recently...


On 22/02/06, David Pietersen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Whoops... I should have looked at the sample site!
>
> Yeah, the QAS tool allows us to check (at the time someone tries to submit
> an online form) that they are putting in a genuine address.  If it is not a
> 'real' address as far as Australia Post is concerned, they have to try
> again.  There is a database behind it which we host here, and they send
> updates for it on a regular basis.  The version we have is also used for our
> internal applications.  It works a treat.
>
> Super Vision?
>
> dp.
>
>
>
> On 22/02/06, Kay Smoljak < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi DP,
> >
> > Did you like Super Vision the other night? :D
> >
> > On 2/22/06, David Pietersen < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > We use a tool here that checks the whole address to ensure it is real...
> > >
> > > QAS-
> > >
> http://www.auspost.com.au/BCP/0,1080,CH2418%257EMO19,00.html
> >
> > It's actually a postcode search, as in enter your postcode and we'll
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