72-year rule
Not to be confused with Rule of 72.
The 72-year rule, in the United States Census, states that The U.S. government will not release personally identifiable information about an individual to any other individual or agency until 72 years after it was collected for the decennial census. This rule restricts access to decennial census records to all but the individual named on the record or their legal heir. After 72 years, the records are released to the public by the National Archives and Records Administration. In accordance with the 72-Year Rule, the National Archives released the 1930 records in April 2002 and most recently, the 1940 records on April 2, 2012.[1]
References
- ↑ "72-Year Rule". www.census.gov. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
External links
- PDF of Availability of Census Records About Individuals
- PDF of Letter from Census Bureau Director, Roy V. Peel to Archivist of the United States, Wayne C. Grover, concerning the 72-year lapse between collection and release of decennial census records
- PDF of Letter from Archivist of the United States, Wayne C. Grover to Census Bureau Director Roy V. Peel, in reply to Peel's August 1952 letter
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