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The Common Room / Re: Access to the 1921 Census
« on: Sunday 04 July 10 11:55 BST (UK)  »
I feel that the census records should not be released prior to 2022.  My Aunt is still living in the house she was born and will appear for the first time on the 1921 census record. 

Up to date BMD are available online today which to be perfectly honest about I personally wish they were not unless permission had been sort from the individual as this in itself controvenes privacy.

Just because we can,does not necessary mean that we should.  Who is to say that the selfish curiosity of the few should outway the privacy of the majority?

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The Common Room / Re: Access to the 1921 Census
« on: Sunday 04 July 10 10:54 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for your welcome.  However I base my post on the following which I should have explained in the original:-

Accessing the 1921 Census .... when will the 1921 Census be released?
The ruling by the Information Commissioner that resulted in the 1911 census being opened early does not apply to the 1921 census because, unlike the 1911 census, the 1921 census was conducted under the 1920 Census Act, which is still in force and which contains a statutory prohibition on disclosure.

The stated government position from the ONS is "its intention to release the entirety of the 1921 census returns in 2022, in accordance with the non-statutory '100 year rule' which was adopted to reflect this undertaking of confidentiality".

http://www.ffhs.org.uk/news/news061213.php

Please note that Government policy is that the 1921 and subsequent censuses should remain closed for 100 years. Unlike the 1911 census, the 1921 census was conducted under the 1920 Census Act, which is still in force and which contains a statutory prohibition on disclosure. This means that if any Freedom Of Information Act (FOI) requests are received for the 1921 census, the exemption found in S44 of the FOI Act will be invoked to maintain census confidentiality. (The 1921 census is not held by TNA and remains, like all subsequent censuses, in the custody of the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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The Common Room / Re: Access to the 1921 Census
« on: Sunday 04 July 10 09:52 BST (UK)  »
The 100 year rule is in place because of promises made at the time of the census,  we do not have to right to dishonour this promise for our own selfish curiosity

If we continually tamper with this ruling to get information out into the public domain earlier, we are damaging our integrity.  It is a slippery slope.

I am more than happy to wait for the release at the right time.

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