Al-Alaq: Individual data in the census is confidential and will not be given to any party

Baghdad-INA 
Mehdi Al-Alaq, advisor to the United Nations Population Fund, announced today, Wednesday, that the population census will provide accurate information about areas suffering from a housing crisis, while indicating that the data of individuals in the population census is confidential and will not be given to any party.
 
Al-Alaq told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): that "The general population census will not only include the population, but it is a general census of the population, housing, buildings and facilities," indicating that "benefiting from the main databases represents a historic opportunity on the path to achieving development; because the details of the data according to the age distribution of the population is a fundamental issue that cannot be provided through estimates, but rather through detailed results of the general population census."
He added that "the population census provides all planning operations for the housing deficit, as there are areas that do not suffer from a major housing crisis, unlike others," noting that "all housing gaps and housing deficit will be available after the results of the population census accurately." 
He continued, "The census does not provide direct data on poverty, as it does not collect data on income, but there are specialized surveys that reach poverty rates objectively at the level of Iraq and the governorates, where poverty alleviation strategies have one of their main pillars is to address the housing poverty crisis," noting that "what is issued by the census are not official documents, but rather the data of individuals is confidential and is not given to any party, whether governmental or non-governmental."
 He stressed that "the information will not be hacked and is highly secure," noting that "the Ministry of Planning apologizes for providing any data unless the person concerned submits a written request that he needs his data from the general population census, which has not been obtained previously."
 
 He explained that "the general population census must be free of any government interventions related to the citizen's life," stressing that "the 1957 census is the last registration census, which required the issuance of a civil status ID and a civil registry."