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2020 Census

This guide draws upon work by Katherine Paterson, Loyola University Libraries and Linda Zellmer, Western Illinois University Library

Protecting Privacy of Census Information

Privacy & Security | Privacidad y Seguridad

The U.S. Census Bureau is bound by law to protect your answers and keep them strictly confidential. In fact, every employee takes an oath to protect your personal information for life.  Your information cannot be shared with other government agencies. 

Como la Oficina del Censo protege su infomacion personal.

This Is How the Federal Government Can – and Can’t – Use Census Information, from the Brennan Center for Justice.  For more detail read the report, Federal Laws that Protect Census Confidentiality, authored by Kelly Percival a staff attorney at the Brennan Center.

2020 Census and Confidentiality - factsheet

Data Protection & Privacy - from the Census Bureau