Definition: Secure Microdata Access Environment

Category: Data protection

The physical environment where researchers can be permitted access to potentially disclosive data under contractual agreements that cover the maintenance of confidentiality, and that place strict controls on the uses of the data. This environment is specified in the Microdata Access Agreement signed between the research institution and Statistics New Zealand. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon//coded_files/NZ_microdata-output-access-guide-2013.pdf