There are two types of Indirect data: that collected for one purpose, and then used for another; and that expressly collected with the purpose of selling it to other organisations.
The Census is collected every 10 years. In the UK the next one will be in 2011. The data is used by the government to make decisions about hospitals, schools, universities, prisons, road building, and many more things. To protect the privacy of individuals this data is closed to the public for 100 years in the UK. However, genealogists can now search old censuses to gain information about their ancestors. This LINK takes you to a free search of an INDEX (ie a database, not the original pages) for 3 censuses - including the 1881 British Census. Do you have an ancestor in there?
Experian is a credit checking company. They collect data and then sell that data on to other organisations. This type of data is known as Indirect Data.
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