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Law / Germany

Federal Statistics Act, Factually Anonymized Data for Research and the Ban on Re-identification

Gesetz über die Statistik für Bundeszwecke (Bundesstatistikgesetz, BStatG), §§ 16 Abs. 6 und 8, 21 und 22

In force.

A de-identification rule binding public and private bodies.

Audit expectation
none

What it requires

  • If you receive factually anonymized individual data from a statistical office for a scientific project, use it only for the purposes for which it was passed on and delete it once the project is carried out (BStatG Section 16, paragraph 8).
  • Do not combine individual data from federal statistics, alone or with other information, to establish a reference to a person, enterprise, establishment or workplace outside the tasks of the Act or of the legal provision ordering the statistic (Section 21).

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If you get it wrong

Criminal exposureYes

Criminal exposure note

Combining individual data from federal statistics contrary to Section 21 is punishable under Section 22 by imprisonment of up to one year or a fine.

What record it asks for

Logging duty

The provisions state no duty to create, keep or produce a log or record.

Kind
None
As of

What this law does

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Research summary

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The statistical offices may pass factually anonymized individual data, which can be attributed to a person only with a disproportionate effort of time, cost and labor, to universities and other independent research institutions for scientific projects. Individual data passed on for research may be used only for the purposes for which they were passed on and must be deleted once the research project is carried out.

Combining individual data from federal statistics, alone or with other information, to establish a reference to a person, enterprise, establishment or workplace outside the tasks of the Act or of the legal provision ordering the statistic is prohibited. Whoever combines such data contrary to that prohibition is punishable by imprisonment of up to one year or a fine.

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