IS MY INFORMATION GOING TO BE PROVIDED TO OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, SUCH AS CENTRELINK, TAX OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING?
No! The ABS is legally bound to protect the privacy of individuals and cannot give identifiable information to any third party. Organisations outside the ABS will not be given data about an individual person or individual household. The confidentiality of your data is protected by the Census and Statistics Act and the Privacy Act. Both these Acts ensure that data is not provided to anyone where that data can be used to identify an individual. All ABS staff, including temporary employees are legally bound never to release personal information outside the ABS. By law, organisations such as the Tax Office and credit reference groups cannot have access to personal details from the Census.
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