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How to order data?

The order should include:

• the subject matter of the requested data or a specific indicator,
• territorial scope,
• time series of the data,
• full name, address, and contact telephone number of the person placing the order.
   

Orders are accepted for:

• unpublished statistical data,
• data from the REGON register,
• extended scope of the TERYT register – SIMC, BREC, and NOBC systems.

To obtain the requested data, consent is required for the Statistical Office to process personal data—specifically: first name and surname, residential or stay address, correspondence address, e-mail address, and telephone number (for data orders).

The scope and format of statistical information made available are determined by the Public Statistics Survey Programme, approved annually by the Council of Ministers.

Information is made available in the following forms:

• publications (analyses, reports);
• press releases and information disseminated via mass media;
• information provided directly, by telephone, or via correspondence;
• custom orders fulfilled upon request;
• information posted on the Internet.

Any statistical data aggregations other than those listed in the Programme may be prepared (subject to the observance of statistical confidentiality) upon a recipient's special request and for a fee.
 

In accordance with the prevailing Act on Public Statistics of 29 June 1995 (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 443), public statistics services ensure:

• equal,
• simultaneous,
• equivalent

access to statistical information.

All information obtained from surveys conducted in accordance with the public statistics survey programme constitutes official public statistics data, regardless of the entity conducting the survey.

Individual data and personal data collected and stored during public statistics surveys are confidential and subject to special protection.

The terms "personal data" and "individual data" are defined as follows:

• personal data – data concerning natural persons and relating to their lives and circumstances; such data always pertain to a specific individual (Art. 5 para. 1 of the Act on Public Statistics);
• individual data – data concerning economic entities, other legal persons, organizational units without legal personality, and their activities; such data pertain to a specific entity (Art. 5 para. 1 of the Act). These data may be used solely for statistical compilations, tabulations, and analyses, and for the creation—by public statistical services—of sampling frames for statistical surveys conducted by those services. The disclosure or use of individual data and personal data for other purposes is prohibited; such data are protected by statistical confidentiality (Article 10 of the Act).

Furthermore, aggregated data may not be published or disclosed if it would be possible to identify data relating to specific individuals or business entities based on them. This means that data characterizing the economic performance of business entities cannot be disclosed if a given aggregate comprises fewer than three entities, or if the share of a single entity in a specific compilation exceeds three-quarters of the total.

Aggregated data may not be published or disclosed if it would be possible to identify data relating to specific individuals or business entities based on that information. This means that data characterizing the economic performance of business entities cannot be disclosed if the aggregation comprises fewer than three entities or if a single entity accounts for more than three-quarters of the total in a given dataset.