Legislative Protection
All ABS officers are bound by strict secrecy provisions under the Census and Statistics Act 1905. Officers sign an undertaking of fidelity and secrecy to ensure that they are aware of their responsibilities. Section 19 of the Census and Statistics Act 1905 forbids past or present ABS officers from divulging information collected under this Act, either directly or indirectly, under penalty of up to 120 penalty units (currently $13,200) or imprisonment for 2 years or both.
In this manner, the Census and Statistics Act 1905 protects the confidentiality of data provided to the ABS. These protections apply to all data collected by, or supplied to the ABS, including the data to be used for the Census Data Enhancement (CDE) project.
In particular, the ABS will ensure the full protection of the Census and Statistics Act 1905 is applied to any dataset created through this project. This Act requires the ABS to keep information provided to it confidential. Potentially identifiable data created through the CDE project will not be provided outside of the ABS.
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