Definition: Privacy

Category: European Statistics Code of Practice

Concept that applies to data subjects while confidentiality applies to data. It is the status accorded to data which has been agreed upon between the person or organisation furnishing the data and the organisation receiving it and which describes the degree of protection which will be provided.
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Glossary defining the main terms used in the European Statistics Code of Practice, as adopted by the ESSC of November 2017
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