1. Data security and statistical confidentiality in Eurostat
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2. Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1588/90
Protection of confidentiality is a legal requirement. Community acts dealing with statistical confidentiality are the following:
Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 1588/90
Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97
Commission Regulation (EC) No 831/2002
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3. Documentation First Manual issued in 1996 New Manual is ready
More complete and homogeneous
Will be submitted to the Confidentiality comittee
And issued January 2005
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4. Organisation The Committee on Statistical Confidentiality
MS representatives
The Director-General of Eurostat assisted by :
Legal adviser for legal issues
Research Unit for methodological issues
LISO for IT security
A responsible official for each data collection
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5. Transmission of data to Eurostat
Principle
Transport up to Eurostat premises is the responsibility of the MS
Eurostat recommended tools (simply stated)
Stadium : a specific « enveloppe »
Statel : a specific « post office »
Testa : a specific « carrier »
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6. Access and storage
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7. Authorisation procedures
Formal signature of :
Official responsible of the collection
His Director
Legal adviser
LISO
Director-General
Contractors
Exceptionnally
Only inside secured rooms
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8. Access granted to researchers
Raw confidential data
through a Safe Centre inside Eurostat
Anonymised micro data sets
agreed anonymisation methods with MS
encrypted cd-rom
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9. Output control
Full responsibility of the official in charge of the data collection
Procedures agreed with MS
Built in specific solutions
Generic Tools (CIF – T Argus)
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10. Questions
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