This encourages the collection of statistical data on ethnicity in order to assess the likely impact of services and policies on different ethnic groups and to monitor any adverse impact.
Data Protection Act 1998 protects the confidentiality of data about living individuals and their rights to privacy. Information about an individual's race is classified as sensitive personal data in the Act.
This emphasises that when data on ethnicity are collected and used for statistical purposes, it is of paramount importance to protect confidentiality.
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