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The United States Census Bureau announced on September 2018 that their privacy policy regarding the 2020 Census Survey and other public use data projects will be undergoing changes, some of which could have an impact on many areas of data science.
According to a December 2018 report written by the Institute for Social Research and Data Innovation (ISRDI), University of Minnesota, the US Census Bureau’s new set of standards and methods for disclosure, known as differential privacy, may make it impossible to access usable microdata and severely limit access to other important public use data.
Data scientists, including those at EmployStats, have been regularly utilizing free reliable public Census Bureau data to analyze social and economic factors across America for over six decades. The US Census Bureau releases public microdata such as the Decennial Census and the American Community Survey, which collects information on demographics, employment, income, household characteristics, and other social and economic factors. EmployStats uses this data regularly to assist clients in Labor and Employment cases.
The ISRDI report can be found here.
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