law: The Collection of Statistics Act, 2008
  13. Security of
  
  recorded information. -
  The statistics
  
  officer or any person or agency authorised for collection of statistics shall,
  
  while copying or recording any statistical information collected pursuant to
  
  this Act from individual returns, information schedules, worksheets or any
  
  other confidential source by means of cards, tapes, discs, film or any other
  
  method, whether using encoded or plain language symbols for processing, storage
  
  or reproduction of particulars, take and cause to take such steps as are
  
  necessary to ensure that the security provisions of this Act are complied with.