CONDITIONS OF USE
USER RESPONSIBILITIES
The Census and Statistics Act 1905 includes a legislative guarantee to respondents that their confidentiality will be protected. This is fundamental to the trust the Australian public has in the ABS, and that trust is in turn fundamental to the excellent quality of ABS information. Without that trust, survey respondents may be less forthcoming or truthful in answering ABS questionnaires. For more information, see 'Avoiding inadvertent disclosure' and 'Microdata' on our web page How the ABS keeps your information confidential.
The release of microdata must satisfy the ABS legislative obligation to release information in a manner that is not likely to enable the identification of a particular person or organisation. Therefore, in accordance with the Census and Statistics Act, a confidentiality process is applied to the data in TableBuilder to avoid releasing information that may lead to the identification of individuals, families, households, dwellings or businesses.
Prior to being granted access to TableBuilder, users must agree to the following ABS Terms and Conditions of Microdata Access:
- understand that the ABS has taken great care to ensure that the information on the survey output record file is correct and as accurate as possible and understand that the ABS does not guarantee, or accept any legal liability whatsoever arising from, or connected to, the use of any material contained within, or derived from TableBuilder.
- understand that all data extracted from the survey output record file through TableBuilder will be confidentialised and that as a result, no reliance should be placed on small cells as they are impacted by random adjustment and respondent and processing errors
- users inform the ABS, through their Contact Officer, upon leaving their organisation that their access has been disabled
- not provide their TableBuilder user ID and password access to any other person or organisation.
CONDITIONS OF SALE
All ABS products and services are provided subject to the
ABS Conditions of Sale. Any queries relating to these conditions should be emailed to
intermediary.management@abs.gov.au.
PRICE
Microdata access is priced according to ABS Pricing Policy and Commonwealth Cost Recovery Guidelines. For details refer to
ABS Pricing Policy. For microdata prices refer to the
Microdata prices page.
HOW TO APPLY FOR ACCESS
Clients wishing to access the microdata should read the
How to Apply for Microdata web page. General microdata information is available via the
Microdata Entry Page. To apply for access to TableBuilder, register and apply in the
Registration Centre.
AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES
The ABS/Universities Australia Agreement provides participating universities with access to a range of ABS products and services. This includes access to microdata. For further information, university clients should refer to the
ABS/Universities Australia Agreement page.
FURTHER INFORMATION
The
Microdata Entry Page contains links to microdata related information to assist users in understanding and accessing microdata. For further information users should email
microdata.access@abs.gov.au or telephone (02) 6252 7714.
PRIVACY
The
ABS Privacy Policy outlines how the ABS handles any personal information that you provide to us.
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