Data acquired for the UK Data Service collection undergo rigorous and comprehensive curation prior to publishing and release. This ensures that data, documentation and metadata are processed and published to the highest standard possible, both for ease of use in secondary analysis and for archival preservation.
The curation procedures carried out depend on the individual nature of each dataset and document, but as a general guide the following tasks are always undertaken:The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.
Commercial use is not permitted.
Access is limited to users based in the UK or in countries deemed by the UK to have an adequate level of data protection as follows: European Economic Area (EEA) countries or Andorra, Argentina, Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Israel, Isle of Man, Japan, Jersey, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Switzerland, Uruguay.
Access requests from users not in the above categories will be subject to approval by the depositor. Commitments have been made to those who have provided data in response to the Census, in order to ensure those commitments are kept we may not be able to provide access to safeguarded Census data from some locations.