2020 Census results will be protected using “differential privacy,” the new gold standard in data privacy protection. Come back to this page for updates, tools and other resources to help you understand the new methods as we move from development through implementation.
Today’s law is clear: The Census Bureau must keep responses completely confidential.
See how the laws and protections have changed from 1790 to the 2020 Census—the first census to use advanced disclosure protections based on the new data science known as “differential privacy.”
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