CroatiaAct on Official Statistics, personal data and confidential statistical data
Official Statistics Act (Zakon o službenoj statistici, Narodne novine 25/20), Arts. 44(5) and 68
In force since .
A de-identification rule binding government bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Governance
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are a holder of official statistics in Croatia and you process personal data for statistical purposes, process them so that they do not allow identification of the person the data relate to (Article 44, paragraph 5).
- If you are a holder of official statistics and give a researcher access to confidential statistical data that allow only indirect identification of a statistical unit, do so only on a written request, only for scientific statistical analyses, and under a special contract in which the user undertakes to use the data only for the stated purpose, to show them to no unauthorized person and to destroy them after use (Article 68, paragraphs 1 and 2).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What record it asks for
Logging duty
Articles 44(5) and 68 of the Act on Official Statistics set how personal data and confidential statistical data are processed and released for scientific purposes. They state no duty to create, keep or produce a log or record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Article 44(5) of the Act on Official Statistics says that personal data processed for statistical purposes must not allow identification of the person the data relate to. Article 68(1) of the Act on Official Statistics lets the holders of official statistics, on a written request, give access to confidential statistical data that allow only indirect identification of a statistical unit, solely for statistical analyses for scientific purposes.
Article 68(2) of the Act on Official Statistics makes that access depend on a special contract in which the user undertakes, under material and criminal liability, to use the data only for the purpose stated in the request, to show them to no unauthorized person and to destroy them after use. Article 85 of the Act on Official Statistics provides that the Act enters into force on the eighth day after its publication in Narodne novine.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app processes personal data or processes de-identified data.
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