Census Bureau Offers Assurances on Privacy
A Freedom of Information Act request made by the Electronic Privacy Information Center to the Census Bureau revealed that they had provided census data on Arab Americans to the Boarder and Customs agency within the Department of Homeland Security. At a meeting held this week Census Bureau officials attempted to reassure minority and civil liberty groups that the agency keeps names and addresses and other information confidential from other departments.
Census says privacy assured, Arizona Central, November 10, 2004
