The 2020 Census and Confidentiality

By law, all responses to U.S. Census Bureau household and business surveys are kept completely confidential. Respond to the 2020 Census to shape the future.

Understanding Differential Privacy - U.S. Census Bureau

This introductory webinar will explain the Census Bureau's decision to modernize the methods we use to protect respondent confidentiality in data we release.

Disclosure Avoidance Modernization - U.S. Census Bureau

All 2020 Census data products (with the exception of the apportionment data) will be protected with a new, modernized disclosure avoidance system.

Differential Privacy and the 2020 US Census · Winter 2022

The new system would be based on an approach called “differential privacy” that was invented in 2006 in the context of cryptography.

Data Protection and Privacy Policy - U.S. Census Bureau

The Census Bureau has several policies to ensure the data we collect is protected and your privacy is respected.

2020 Census Data And Differential Privacy - NPR

The US Census Bureau plans to change how it protects the confidentiality of people's information in the detailed demographic data it produces through the 2020 ...

How and Why the 2020 Census Confidentiality Program Failed

When Privacy Protection Goes Wrong: How and Why the 2020 Census Confidentiality Program Failed by Steven Ruggles. Published in volume 38, issue 2, ...

Disclosure Avoidance in the 2020 Census: What Should Data Users ...

A new series of materials designed to provide concise, reader-friendly information to data users about the new privacy protection methods being used for the ...

Census Privacy - Epic.org

Unique among federal agencies, the U.S. Census Bureau is authorized by law to compel sensitive personal information from every person in the United States, ...

Differential Privacy for Census Data Explained

The US Census Bureau has had a longstanding requirement to ensure that the data from individuals and individual households remains confidential.

Confidentiality Protection in the 2020 US Census of Population and ...

In an era where external data and computational capabilities far exceed statistical agencies' own resources and capabilities, they face the renewed ...

Disclosure Avoidance for the 2020 Census: An Introduction

In this handbook, the U.S. Census Bureau's Disclosure Avoidance System is described in the context of the 2020 Census Redistricting Data ...

Census 2020: Confidentiality

The Census 2020 Guide brings together resources about why the Census is important, key information about the Census, and where to find additional information.

2020 Disclosure Avoidance System: Frequently Asked Questions

All 2020 Census data products (with the exception of the apportionment data) will be protected with a new, modernized disclosure avoidance ...

Federal Laws That Protect Census Confidentiality

The 2020 Census is rapidly approaching. A fair and accu- rate census depends on every person's responses remaining confidential. The Census Bureau has ...

Consistency of Data Products and Formal Privacy Methods for the ...

JASON was asked to study the impact of these privacy mechanisms on consistency for two data products produced from the 2020 census data: the ...

Protecting Privacy in Census Bureau Statistics

Throughout our history, the U.S. Census Bureau has enhanced and strengthened how we protect people's privacy when they respond to surveys ...

Why the Census Bureau Chose Differential Privacy

Differential privacy forms the foundation of the. Disclosure Avoidance System used to adjust the data to protect 2020 Census respondent.

Census Bureau valiantly conducted 2020 census, but privacy ...

A new report says the U.S. Census Bureau's career staffers valiantly conducted the 2020 census under unprecedented challenges from the ...

Differential Privacy in the 2020 Census

Differential Privacy in the 2020 Census. NEW CONFIDENTIALITY PROTECTIONS & THE IMPLICATIONS FOR DATA USERS. JAE JUNE LEE & CARA BRUMFIELD. KEY ...