Civil Registrations Privacy Notice
The Civil Registration Service collects information from individuals who are under a legal obligation to provide information for the purposes of civil registration.
The information we collect about you will be used for the purpose(s) of
· Creation and maintenance of an accurate record of birth, marriages and deaths
The lawful basis for the processing of your information is:
Carrying out our obligations in accordance with our public task as set out in the legislation below:
Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
Marriage Act 1949
Civil Partnership Act 2004
Personal data must be provided by individuals in order to comply with the legislation noted above. Failure to provide information (i.e. to register a birth or death) is a criminal offence.
We collect the following types of personal data about you to deliver this service…
We may collect the following types of personal data about you to deliver this service, depending on your circumstances:
Name;
Address;
Date of birth;
Gender;
Unique reference number;
Telephone number;
Email address;
Bank/payment details
Images/photographs; ;
To deliver this service, we only collect personal data directly from you and do not obtain information about you from any other source.
Your information will not be transferred outside the United Kingdom.
Depending upon your circumstances, we may share your personal data with government agencies, local authority departments and professional registration bodies, where relevant. A representative list is given below:
Department for Work and Pensions
Home Office (United Kingdom Visas and Immigration (Immigration and Enforcement)
HM Coroner
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Council:
Education department
Council Tax Department
Electoral Registration Office
Local Safeguarding Board
Revenues and Benefits
There are specific situations where we may be required to disclose information about you, such as:
• Where the Council is required to provide the information by law:
• Where disclosing the information is required to prevent or detect a crime
• Where disclosure is in the vital interests of the person concerned