Survey officers

(1) Persons officially entrusted with the collection of federal statistics (survey officers) must offer assurance of reliability and confidentiality. Survey officers may not be deployed where, owing to their professional activity or for other reasons, there is cause for concern that knowledge gained from their activity as survey officers will be used to the detriment of respondents or data subjects.
(2) Survey officers may not use knowledge gained from their activity in other proceedings or for other purposes. They must be committed in writing to maintaining statistical confidentiality under section 16, and to keeping confidential also such knowledge as is gained incidentally to their activity. This commitment continues to apply after their activity has ended.
(3) Survey officers are obliged to follow the instructions of the survey bodies. In carrying out their activity, they must produce evidence of their authorisation.
(4) Survey officers must be instructed on their rights and duties.