[kiryandil]

I was your man in the 2010 Census, and I'm your man in the 2020 Census.

I monitor the "data sharing" issue VERY closely. I was also a database manager and programmer/analyst in a previous life.

Suffice it to say that our data collection devices are buttoned up pretty well [enough to be a pain in the arse daily].

The "no sharing" line is true. If I see anybody doing it, they're getting prosecuted [it's a serious felony].

I brag that the IRS will share with law enforcement, but the Department of Commerce won't.

[Lurker]

“If I see anybody doing it, they’re getting prosecuted..”

YOU won’t ever see it.

L

[cgbg]

I worked for the US Census back in the day, and I agree that the managers had a top priority of keeping the data confidential.

However, there are limits to what they can do in the real world, and two examples of what they _cannot_ prevent are discussed in this thread (NSA backdoor hacks, Japanese internment data release).

Here is a little bedtime reading for you:

https://www.wired.com/2016/06/demonically-clever-backdoor-hides-inside-computer-chip/

In addition, there _cannot_ be any guarantee that a future maniacal leftist government will not take the data and use it "for our own good". :-(