How does CBS handle your privacy?

Your personal data are safe with CBS. Individual persons are never identifiable or traceable in our statistics and publications. We also have measures in place to prevent theft, loss or misuse of personal data. CBS will never supply identifiable data at personal level to third parties, including other government institutions.

CBS protects your data with technical measures. In addition, data are protected under the organisation’s internal regulations. Following are the most important measures:

• When you complete a survey or submit any data, this information is delivered to CBS in encoded form. At CBS, the data is then stored in a secure environment. Only properly authorised employees are granted access to this data. This happens when their work requires direct access.
• Personal data will be removed from the files as quickly as possible. This means researchers do not see any data such as names, addresses or citizen service numbers (BSN) in the files.
• Every CBS employee is required to observe the confidentiality obligation. Each employee signs a non-disclosure agreement to this effect.
• CBS only uses the data for the purpose of statistical production and scientific research. Use of the data for any other purpose is excluded by law. In other words, CBS never uses the data for investigations, tax inspection, legal matters or marketing and advertising.
• An independent body checks whether CBS complies with all privacy-related regulations and agreements.

The questions

1. What keeps people from eating healthier?
2. What is working people’s income?
3. How much of the energy we consume is renewable?
4. What percentage wears glasses?
5. How are the dragonflies and butterflies doing?
6. How many housing units are there?
7. How does home burglary affect people?
8. In what occupations do most people work from home?
9. How much more expensive did food get?
10. How many babies were born to unmarried mothers?
11. From which countries do most immigrants come?
12. How many centenarians are there?
13. How do fathers and mothers divide work and care?
14. How many cars are there?
15. How much milk does a cow produce?
16. What portion of income went to food in 1936?
17. How many pigs were there in 1910?
18. How many cattle and pigs in the Netherlands?
19. What do we import from China?
20. What type of shop is seen less and less?
21. How many nights are spent in Dutch hotels?
22. How often do older people have contact with neighbours?
23. How many adults comply with the physical activity guidelines?
24. Where do international students in the Netherlands come from?
25. What are the major religions?
26. How many litres of water do we use per day?
27. How many millionaires in the Netherlands?
28. How many inhabitants in the Netherlands??
29. Where can we ride our bikes?
30. At what age do workers retire?
31. Which day has the most birthdays?
32. How many people have a student debt?
33. How does CBS handle your privacy?