§ 18 Provision of Statistical Information and Anonymous Data

 

Section 18

Provision of Statistical Information and Anonymous Data

  1. The Czech Statistical Office makes the results of statistical surveys available to the public by means of mass media, Office own publications, and other media and ways enabling remote access, and, further

a) provides the Parliament of the Czech Republic, President of the Czech Republic, Government of the Czech Republic, Supreme Audit Office, ministries and other administrative authorities, courts of law, Czech National Bank, Security Information Service, State Agricultural Intervention Fund and bodies of self-governing territorial units with requested produced statistical information free of charge,

b) provides produced statistical information and anonymous data upon request to anyone in return for payment amounting to costs related to making copies, price of media and delivery of produced statistical information and anonymous data, and

c) may prepare and provide further statistical information on a contractual basis for a price fixed by an agreement.

  1. Statistical information is provided abroad free of charge only on a mutual exchange basis or if set forth in an international treaty or convention. In other cases, the providing of statistical information abroad is regulated by paragraph 1 on the providing of statistical information against payment.
  2. The Czech Statistical Office releases statistical information at the time, in the scope and manner announced in advance in the mass media, own publications and other media and, further, in a way making possible remote access.
  3. Statistical information collected or produced by processing of data from the population statistics may be provided and published even if it relates to a solitary case. This information may not include name, surname, birth registration number, full date of birth, and full residence address of the person concerned. Data relating to a solitary case may not be provided or published as long as it is possible to identify the person the data are about taking into account the circumstances.
  4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 apply similarly also to the publishing and providing of statistical information by ministries carrying out the State Statistical Service. Ministries provide international organisations with statistical information published by the Czech Statistical Office. In case ministries provide other statistical information, they shall inform the Czech Statistical Office on the providing of the statistical information.