Cookies and Privacy Policy

Cookies

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If you wish, you can manage cookies by controlling which cookies are saved or by deleting them. How to control cookies (AboutCookies.org).

Below are details of the cookies used on our website.

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Privacy Policy

Disclaimer

The Morden Park House website is operated by the London Borough of Merton (referred to herein as “the Council”).

The Council will endeavour to ensure that the information displayed on the Morden Park House website is accurate and up-to-date. However, the Council makes no representations and gives no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability of the information, products, services and related graphics displayed on this website for any purpose.

In no event will the Council be liable for any loss, inconvenience or damage (including without limitation loss of data and indirect and consequential losses) arising out of your use of the Morden Park House website, the unavailability of the Morden Park House website or any reliance by you or others on any inaccurate or incomplete material or information displayed on the Morden Park House website.

Any person who uses the Morden Park House website or relies on any information displayed on the website or deals with any person or business advertised on the website does so entirely at their own risk.

The Morden Park House website contains links to third party websites which are not under the control of the Council.  The Council is not responsible for the nature, content and availability of these websites. The inclusion of such a link on the Morden Park House website shall not be construed as a recommendation or endorsement by the Council of the website linked to or the views expressed on it or any products or services promoted by it.

Privacy Notice

This policy explains how the information we collect about you is used and your rights in relation to that information.

Information We Collect whilst you browse the Morden Park House website:

By browsing this website and ticking the consent box you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in the manner prescribed below.

Every time you visit a URL (a page or post) each page visit is logged with its own entry including:

• Date

• Time

• IP address (to identify the broad geographical location you are access the website from)

• Referrer (the website you navigated from)

• Browser version (on your device)

• Operating system (on your device)

and this information is recorded for 7 days. This information is gathered solely for statistical and market research purposes and is not shared outside of the council.

Communications with you

Voluntary completion of enquiry forms including personal information will be used to contact you directly and shared within the Council (and with the Council’s contractors) solely to address your query.

Voluntary subscription to newsletters including personal information will be used to personalise broadcasted newsletters to the subscribed until un-subscription or termination of the service.

Purpose and lawful basis of processing your personal data having booked a ceremony or attended the office for appointments or ceremonies:

Personal information collected from you in order to register an event is required by law.

The main legislation which governs the collection of registration information is the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953, the Marriage Act 1949 and the Civil Partnership Act 2004. You may be legally by obliged these acts, and other pieces of legislation, to provide certain pieces of information. See the Annex below on the applicable legislation.

If you fail to provide information you are required to give us you may, amongst other things, be liable to a fine, or we may not be able to provide the service you are applying for, such as a marriage or a civil partnership.

We may also collect your personal information when you make an application to this office, for example for a certificate or to correct information contained in a register entry.

The information you provide will be held and processed by registration officers for this registration district. We carefully protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction. We also ensure that appropriate technical and organisational measures are in place to protect your data.

The superintendent registrar is a data controller for birth, marriage and death registrations and can be contacted at Merton Register Office, Morden Park House, London Road, Morden, London, SM4 5QU.

The local authority is a data controller for civil partnership registrations and can be contacted at Merton Register Office, Morden Park House, London Road, Morden, London, SM4 5QU.

The Data Protection Officer can be contacted at data.protection@merton.gov.uk or: Data Protection Officer, London Borough of Merton, Civic Centre, London Road, Morden, SM4 5DX

The Registrar General for England and Wales is a joint data controller for birth, marriage, death and civil partnership registrations and can be contacted at the General Register Office, Trafalgar Road, Southport, PR8 2HH.

Who we share your personal data with:  

We will only share information where there is a lawful basis to do so for the following purposes:

• Further information on data held by the registration service and a full list of the organisations with whom registration data is shared, the purpose and the lawful basis for sharing the data can be found by in the annex at the bottom of this page.  Alternatively, staff at Merton Register office will be able to provide the information.

• Statistical or research purposes

• Administrative purposes by official bodies e.g. ensuring their records are up-to-date in order to provide services to the public

• Fraud prevention or detection, immigration and passport purposes

Indexes for events registered at this office are publicly available in order to help members of the public identify the registration record they might need.  Indexes are available in paper format.

A copy of the information collected by a registration officer will also be sent to the Registrar General for England and Wales so that a central record of all registrations can be maintained.

Registration information held at this office may be shared with other organisations in the course of carrying out our functions, or to enable others to perform theirs.

Your rights

You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you, to be informed about the collection and use of your personal information, for incorrect information to be corrected (where the law permits) and to request us to restrict the processing of your personal information. In certain circumstances you have the right to object to the processing of your personal information.

Your information will not be subjected to automated decision-making.

A copy of any register entry will be provided by this office in accordance with the law to any applicant, provided they supply enough information to identify the entry concerned and pay the appropriate fee. The copy may only be issued in the form of a paper certified copy (a “certificate”). An application for a certificate may also be made to the General Register Office. [reference to Annex]

How long we keep your personal data

Registration information is retained indefinitely as required by law.

Any other personal information will only be kept for as long as we need to in order to fulfil the purpose(s) for which it was collected and then it will be deleted in line with our retention schedule

• 6 years for schedules, notice of intention, citizenship, certificate of burial / cremation and associated documents

• 2 years for appointment details

• the day of appointment for uploaded supporting documents unless required by the General Register Office in which case deleted when passed on to them.

• Until email received / link or checkbox (as available) to discontinue receipt of newsletters.

Complaints process

You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office about the way we are handling your personal information. Details on how you can do this can be found at https://ico.org.uk/  

If you have any questions or concerns about the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information please contact:

The Superintendent Registrar, Merton Register Office, Morden Park House, London Road, Morden, London, SM4 5QU Email: register.office@merton.gov.uk  

If you have concerns about handling personal data please contact: The Data Protection Officer at data.protection@merton.gov.uk or: Data Protection Officer, London Borough of Merton, Civic Centre, London Road, Morden, SM4 5DX

Notice

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time as and when the reach of the website may alter. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page and update the Privacy Policy modification date below.

This policy was last modified on 15th November 2022.

Annex

List of processing activities for registrars, superintendent registrars and registration authorities.

1 Collection of data. 

DATA PROVIDER: *Qualified informant. PURPOSE: Birth registration (including still birth). INFORMATION: Registration district and sub district of birth  Entry number, date and place of birth Name and surname Sex Name, surname and occupation of father (if recorded) Name, surname and occupation of mother Usual address Name, surname and usual address of the informant (if not the mother or father) Date of registration Name of registrar. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY BASIS: S1 Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 Regulation 7 Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply. 

DATA PROVIDER: *Qualified informant. PURPOSE: Birth registration. INFORMATION: Age of mother Age of father or parent (if registered) No. of previous children Date of marriage or civil partnership of parents (if appropriate) Whether the mother had any marriage or civil partnership before that date PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes, as linked to the birth registration. STATUTORY BASIS: S1 Population Statistics Act 1938. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply. 

DATA PROVIDER: *Qualified informant. PURPOSE: Birth registration. INFORMATION: Industry of employment and employment status. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes, as linked to the birth registration. STATUTORY BASIS: No provision. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): TBC. 

DATA PROVIDER: *Qualified informant. PURPOSE: Death registration. INFORMATION: Registration district and sub district of death Entry number, date and place of death Name, surname, maiden name (if applicable) Sex Occupation and usual address of the deceased Date and place of birth of the deceased Name, surname and usual address of the informant Cause of death Date of registration Name of the registrar. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes, in relation to informant’s details. STATUTORY BASIS: S15 Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply.

DATA PROVIDER: *Qualified informant. PURPOSE: Death registration. INFORMATION: Condition of deceased (i.e. single, married etc) Age of surviving spouse or civil partner (if any). PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes, as linked to death registration which contains the informant’s details. STATUTORY BASIS: S1 Population Statistics Act 1938. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply

DATA PROVIDER: *Qualified informant. PURPOSE: Death registration. INFORMATION: Length of stay in a communal establishment Industry of employment and employment status of the deceased. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes, as linked to death registration which contains the informant’s details. STATUTORY BASIS: No provision. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): TBC 

DATA PROVIDER: *Qualified informant. PURPOSE: Medical certificate of cause of death. INFORMATION: Interval between onset of disease and death. Place of death and if in a hospital, the name of the consultant. Date last seen alive. Whether seen or not seen after death. Whether referred to the coroner and by whom. Whether additional medical details sought. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY BASIS: S22 Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply.


DATA PROVIDER: Party to a marriage. PURPOSE: Marriage notice. INFORMATION: Name and surname. Date of birth. Sex. Condition. Occupation. Address. Period of residence. Place of marriage. Nationality. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY BASIS: S27 Marriage Act 1949 Regulation 4 Registration of Marriage Regulations 2015. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply.

DATA PROVIDER: Party to a marriage. PURPOSE: Marriage registration. INFORMATION: District of marriage Place of marriage Entry number Date of marriage Name and surname of parties to the marriage Age, condition, rank or profession Residence at the time of the marriage Name, surname and rank or profession of each party’s father Signatures of both parties and their witnesses Name of the person(s) who conducted, and registered the marriage. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY BASIS: S53 Marriage Act 1949 Regulation 12 Registration of Marriage Regulations 2015. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply

DATA PROVIDER: Party to a civil partnership PURPOSE: Civil partnership notice INFORMATION: Name and surname Date of birth Sex ConditionOccupationAddressPeriod of residencePlace of formation of civil partnership Nationality PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes STATUTORY BASIS: S8 Civil Partnership Act 2004 Regulation 3 Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005 LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply


DATA PROVIDER: Party to a civil partnership. PURPOSE: Civil partnership register. INFORMATION: Registration Authority where the civil partnership was registered Date and place of civil partnership registration Name and surname of civil partners Date of birth, sex, condition and occupation of the civil partners Residence at the time of the civil partnership registration Father’s name, surname and occupation of each civil partner Mother’s name, surname and occupation of each civil partner Signatures of civil partners Name and surname of witnesses Signature of civil partnership registrar. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY BASIS: S2 Civil Partnership Act 2004 Regulation 11 Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply.

2. Sharing of registration information

Civil Registration services

RECIPIENT: Super-intendent registrar. PURPOSE: To certify registration records. INFORMATION: Quarterly returns of births (including still- births) and death registrations from registrars. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: S26 Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply

RECIPIENT: Super-intendent registrar. PURPOSE: To certify registration records. INFORMATION: Quarterly returns of marriage registrations from everyone required to register marriages. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: S57 Marriage Act 1949. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply

RECIPIENT: Registrar General. PURPOSE: To compile and maintain a central record of registration events. INFORMATION: Certified copies of birth (including still births) and death registrations from superintendent registrars. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: 27 Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply


RECIPIENT: Registrar General. PURPOSE: To support UK Statistics Authority requirement to produce  statistical information  INFORMATION: Birth, still-birth and death confidential particulars to be collected by the RG. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: S2 Population (Statistics) Act 1938. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply.

RECIPIENT: Registrar General. PURPOSE: To support UK Statistics Authority requirement to produce  statistical information. INFORMATION: Birth, still-birth and death voluntary particulars. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: No provision. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): TBC

RECIPIENT: Registrar General. PURPOSE: To support UK Statistics Authority requirement to produce  statistical information. INFORMATION: Medical Certificate of Cause of Death additional information. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: Regulation 11 The Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages Regulations 1968. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply

RECIPIENT: Registrar General. PURPOSE: To compile and maintain a central record of registration events. INFORMATION: Certified copies of marriage registrations from superintendent registrars. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: S58 Marriage Act 1949. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply

RECIPIENT: Registrar General. PURPOSE: To report  an  offence or suspicion of an offence . INFORMATION:  Forged documents. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987 (births and deaths). Regulation 23(1) of the Registration of Marriage Regulations 2015 (marriages). Regulation 18 of the Civil Partnership (Registration Provisions) Regulations 2005 (civil partnerships). LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply

RECIPIENT: Registrar General. PURPOSE: Crime fighting purposes. INFORMATION: Suspicious applications for birth certificates, benefit fraud, fraudulent documents etc. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: Schedule 6 Immigration Act 2014. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (e) public interest. The right to have personal data erased does not apply.

Other Government Departments

RECIPIENT: Department for Work and Pensions. PURPOSE: In relation to its functions  under the Contribution and Benefits Act  and the Social Security Administration Act 1992. INFORMATION: Death registration extracts via Tell Us Once Via BD8 form. PERSONAL INFORMATION: No and No. STATUTORY PROVISION: S125 Social Security Administration Act 1992. The Social Security (Notification of Deaths) Regulations 2012. Provision under review. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): Not applicable.and Not applicable

RECIPIENT: Department for Work and Pensions. PURPOSE: To support the Tell us Once birth service. INFORMATION: Birth information from registrations and declarations. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: S19A Registration Service Act 1953. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (e) public interest. The right to have personal data erased does not apply

RECIPIENT: Department of Health and Social Care. PURPOSE: To assist the delivery of those functions exercisable by the organisation in relation to the health service. INFORMATION: Death registrations due to vaccination (form 111). PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes, as contain informant’s detailsSTATUTORY PROVISION: Provision under review. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (e) public interest. The right to have personal data erased does not apply

RECIPIENT: Home Office (United Kingdom Visas and Immigration/Immigration and Enforcement). PURPOSE: HO Immigration enforcement action. INFORMATION: Information held by the registration officer in relation to sham marriages.. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: S24 Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. The Reporting of Suspicious Marriages and Registration of Marriages (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply

RECIPIENT: Home Office (United Kingdom Visas and Immigration/Immigration and Enforcement). PURPOSE: HO. Immigration enforcement action. INFORMATION: Information held by the registration officer. (S24A Sham CP). PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: S24A Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. The Reporting of Suspicious Civil Partnerships Regulations 2005. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply.

RECIPIENT: Home Office (United Kingdom Visas and Immigration/Immigration and Enforcement). PURPOSE: HO  Immigration enforcement action. INFORMATION:  Information held by the registration officer (where registration officer suspects  immigration offences e.g. overstayers, working illegally). PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: Schedule 6 Immigration Act 2014. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (e) public interest. The right to have personal data erased does not apply.

RECIPIENT: Home Office (United Kingdom Visas and Immigration/Immigration and Enforcement). PURPOSE: HO Immigration enforcement  action. INFORMATION: Information held by the registration officer where request received. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: Schedule 6 Immigration Act 2014. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (e) public interest. The right to have personal data erased does not apply.

RECIPIENT: Home Office (United Kingdom Visas and Immigration/Immigration and Enforcement). PURPOSE: HO Immigration enforcement action (Secretary of State). INFORMATION: Supply nationality documents where it is suspected that an individual may be liable to removal from the United Kingdom and the document may facilitate the removal.. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: Section 20A Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply.

Local Authorities

RECIPIENT: Education department. PURPOSE: For those education  functions the LA is required to deliver. INFORMATION: Birth and Death registrations. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: S564(3) Education Act 1996. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply.

RECIPIENT: Council Tax Billing Authorities. PURPOSE:For those functions set out in part 1 of the Government Finance Act  1992. INFORMATION: Name and surname, date of death and usual address of deaths of over 18s. PERSONAL INFORMATION: No. STATUTORY PROVISION: Para 13 Sch 2 Local Government Finance Act 1992Reg 5 Council Tax  (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): Not applicable

RECIPIENT: Electoral Registration Officers. PURPOSE: To maintain an accurate list of those entitled to be registered on the electoral register and qualifying addresses. INFORMATION: Inspection, with authorisation to make copies, of records kept (in whatever form). Relates to marriages and deaths. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: S53(3) Representation of the People Act 1983. Reg 35 Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply

RECIPIENT: Local Safeguarding Children Board. PURPOSE: Functions as  set out in s1(1) of the Children and Young Person Act 2008. INFORMATION: Death registrations of under 18s. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes, as contain informant’s details. STATUTORY PROVISION: S31 Children and Young Persons Act 2008. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply

RECIPIENT: Fraud department. PURPOSE: Crime fighting purposes. INFORMATION: Offences relating to council tax benefit or housing benefit. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: Schedule 6 Immigration Act 2014. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (e) public interest. The right to have personal data erased does not apply

RECIPIENT: Safeguarding Team. PURPOSE: Child and adult protection. INFORMATION: Suspected maltreatment of an adult or child. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: Schedule 6 Immigration Act 2014. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (e) public interest. The right to have personal data erased does not apply.

Others

RECIPIENT: Coroner. PURPOSE: Investigations. INFORMATION: Deaths  falling into those categories set out in regulation 41 of Registration of Births and Deaths regulations 1987. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes, as contain informant’s details. STATUTORY PROVISION: Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953. Regulation 41 Registration of Births and Deaths Regulations 1987. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply.

RECIPIENT: National Health Service Commissioning Board, Clinical Commissioning Groups, local authorities (England). PURPOSE: To assist the delivery of those functions exercisable by the organisation in relation to the health service. INFORMATION: Birth (including still birth)  and Death registrations. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: S269(2) National Health Service Act 2006. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply

RECIPIENT: National Health Service Local Health Boards (Wales). PURPOSE: To assist the Local Health Boards in the performance of their functions in relation to the health service. INFORMATION: Birth and Death registrations PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes. STATUTORY PROVISION: S200(2) National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply

RECIPIENT: Public pension payers. PURPOSE: To assist government departments in the administration of pensions. INFORMATION:  Death registrations of public service pensioners (form 111). PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes, as contain informant details. STATUTORY PROVISION: Provision under review. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (e) public interest. The right to have personal data erased does not apply

RECIPIENT: General Pharmaceutical Council. PURPOSE: Removal of names from the register. INFORMATION: Death notifications (form 111) of registered pharmacists and registered  pharmacy technicians. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes, as contain informant’s details. STATUTORY PROVISION: Pharmacy Order 2010. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply

RECIPIENT: Law Society. PURPOSE: Removal of names from the register. INFORMATION: Death certificates of solicitors. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes, as contain informant’s details. STATUTORY PROVISION: Provision under review. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (e) public interest. The right to have personal data erased does not apply.

RECIPIENT: General Optical Council. PURPOSE: Removal of names from the register. INFORMATION: Death certificates of opticians. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes, as contain informant’s details. STATUTORY PROVISION: S10(2) Opticians Act 1989. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (c) legal obligation. The rights to object to processing of personal data or have personal data erased do not apply.


RECIPIENT: District Medical Officer (England). Chief Administrative Medical Officer (Wales). PURPOSE: Removal of names from the register. INFORMATION: Death certificates of midwives. PERSONAL INFORMATION: Yes, as contain informant’s details. STATUTORY PROVISION: Provision under review. LAWFUL BASIS (under Article 6 GDPR): 6 (e) public interest. The right to have personal data erased does not apply.