The personal data collected for statistical purposes may be made available to public or private services and statistical services of international organisations that require such data to carry out statistical work, provided:
- it is rendered anonymous, if the purpose of the processing so permits;
- the recipient undertakes not to forward the data to third parties and to destroy it or return it to OFCOM on completion of the work;
- the persons concerned cannot be identified because of the form selected by the recipient for the publication of the results;
- everything indicates that the recipient will comply with statistical secrecy and will comply with federal law on data protection; and
- no overriding public or private interests preclude this.
