IrelandStatistics Act 1993, Confidentiality of Identifiable Statistical Information and Release of Non-Identifiable Data
Statistics Act 1993 (No. 21 of 1993), ss. 32 to 34 and 38
In force since .
A de-identification rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Prohibition
What it requires
- If you hold information furnished under the Statistics Act 1993, use it only for statistical compilation and analysis purposes (Statistics Act 1993 Section 32).
- Do not disseminate, show or communicate information obtained under the Statistics Act 1993 that can be related to an identifiable person or undertaking, unless that person or undertaking (or the personal representative or next-of-kin of a deceased person) consents in writing or one of the cases listed in section 33(1) applies (Section 33(1)).
- If you are the Central Statistics Office, provide information obtained under the Act to others for statistical purposes only, and only in a form that cannot be directly or indirectly related to an identifiable person or undertaking, on the conditions the Director General sets (Section 34).
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If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
A person who uses information furnished under the Statistics Act 1993 in breach of section 32, or wilfully discloses information relating to an identifiable person or undertaking in breach of section 33, is guilty of an offence under section 38 of the Act.
What this law does
The Statistics Act 1993 allows information that the Central Statistics Office obtains under it to be used only for statistical compilation and analysis purposes. Section 33(1) bars anyone from disseminating, showing or communicating information obtained under the Act that can be related to an identifiable person or undertaking, apart from the written consent of that person and the cases the subsection lists.
Section 34 lets the Office provide information for statistical purposes only if it is in a form that cannot be directly or indirectly related to an identifiable person or undertaking, on conditions the Director General sets. Section 38 makes it an offence to use information furnished under the Act in breach of section 32, or to wilfully disclose information relating to an identifiable person or undertaking in breach of section 33. The whole Act came into operation on .
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app processes personal data or processes de-identified data.
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