The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (Title 5 of Public Law 107-347) protects the confidentiality of the data provided by the respondents. Price data that is not received directly from survey respondents, referred to as secondary source data, is also used in the calculation of some indexes, including petroleum, ocean tanker freight, and grains indexes.
The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (Title 5 of Public Law 107-347) safeguards the confidentiality of data provided by respondents, including price information obtained from secondary sources that are used in calculating certain indexes like petroleum, ocean tanker freight, and grains indexes.