The U.S. Census Bureau is bound by Title 13 of the United States Code. This law provides strong protection for the information collected from individuals and businesses. It is against the law for any Census Bureau employee to disclose or publish any census or survey information that identifies an individual or business. This is true even for inter-agency communication: the FBI and other government entities do not have the legal right to access this information. In fact, when these protections have been challenged, Title 13's confidentiality guarantee has been upheld.
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