Scotland's Census: Shaping Our Future

Protecting your privacy

Your personal information is protected by law.

We keep your personal information confidential for 100 years. We do not share or publish information that would reveal personal details about you or the place you live. So your personal information is not shared with local councils, government departments, the tax office, the police or marketing agencies.

Everyone’s answers are combined and analysed to produce anonymised (with personal details removed) national and local statistics.

There are some important things you should do to protect your information and that of the people you live with. Find out what you need to do to protect your privacy, what we do to protect it and what our privacy statement is.

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