Confidentiality |
Please remember, the information you provide is confidential and can
only be used for the purposes for which it was intended.
It cannot be released to anyone without prior written consent.
There are penalties under the Law for breaches of confidentiality.
Important Facts
- The census is being taken under the
Statistics Act
which requires that all
persons in Jamaica provide information
to the Census Taker, who acts as an
agent for the Census Officer.
- The
Statistics Act
requires that all
information collected in the census
be kept confidential
- Census Takers are required to take
an Oath of Secrecy. This means it is
against the law for a census taker to
reveal census information to anyone,
other than a sworn employee of the
census organization.
- The census reports will only speak about groups of people and will not
include information
about any particular individual. The information will never be used in a way that facts about
any individual can be recognized.
- The information given will not affect
any other area of the life of the individual.
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