CyprusOfficial Statistics Law of 2021, anonymous publication of official statistics and protection of confidential data
In force since .
A de-identification rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Prohibition, Security
What it requires
- If you are the Statistical Service or another national authority producing official statistics in Cyprus, publish them in a way that excludes direct or indirect disclosure of the identity of the persons who supplied the data or of the statistical units they refer to (Law 25(I)/2021 Article 16(5)).
- If you are the Statistical Service or another national authority in Cyprus, take all necessary regulatory, administrative, technical and organizational measures to protect confidential statistical data physically and logically, including statistical disclosure control (Article 16(4)).
- To get access to confidential data held by the Statistical Service that allows only indirect identification of statistical units, obtain the Director's permission, use the data only for a specific scientific research programme whose results do not reveal specific statistical units, and do not use it for commercial purposes (Article 17(1)).
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Criminal exposure note
An officer of the Statistical Service or of another national authority, or a private person acting under Article 12, who breaks Article 16 commits an offence punishable by imprisonment of up to two years, a fine of up to EUR 5,000, or both (Law 25(I)/2021 Article 19(2)).
What this law does
The Official Statistics Law of 2021 (Law 25(I)/2021) requires the Statistical Service and the other national authorities to publish official statistics in a way that excludes direct or indirect disclosure of the identity of the persons who supplied the data or of the statistical units they refer to under Article 16(5).
Article 2 of the Law defines confidential data as data that makes direct or indirect identification of statistical units possible, and decides whether a unit can be identified by weighing all the means that third parties could reasonably use.
Article 16(4) requires the Statistical Service and the other national authorities to take all necessary regulatory, administrative, technical and organizational measures to protect confidential data physically and logically, which it calls statistical disclosure control.
Article 17(1) allows access to confidential data that permits only indirect identification of statistical units, with the Director's permission, for specific scientific research programmes whose results do not reveal specific statistical units and are not used for commercial purposes.
Article 19(2) makes it an offence, punishable by up to two years in prison, a fine of up to EUR 5,000, or both, for an officer of the Statistical Service or of another national authority, or a private person acting under Article 12, to break Article 16. Article 7 of the Interpretation Law puts a Law in force on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette unless the Law provides otherwise.
The Official Statistics Law of 2021 was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic on , in issue 4817. The Law repealed the Statistics Law of 2000 when it came into force.
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