Section 13: Restrictions on use of personal information
Collection of Statistics Rules, 2011Central Rules · 2009
Each agency engaged in collection of statistics shall take all reasonable measures to ensure that -
(a) personal information is protected against unauthorised access, disclosure or other misuse;
(b) the agency uses personal information only for the purpose of fulfilling its obligations under a specified contract;
(c) in case of repetitive statistical surveys with a common set of informants, the agency uses the personal information earlier collected only for the purpose of setting up interviews with or otherwise contacting informants;
and
(d) the agency uses personal information for data processing only with adequate security checks.