Cemeteries and crematoria privacy notice

The reasons we use your data

  • equality monitoring
  • financial transactions
  • research, including consultations
  • service delivery
  • service improvement and planning
  • statutory requirements. For example: reporting to Government on burials

Why we are allowed to use your data

Legal obligation or public task under various UK laws including but not limited to:

  • Consent – consultations
  • Cremation (England & Wales) Regulations 2008
  • Local Authorities (Amendment) Order 1986
  • Local Authorities' Cemeteries Order 1977
  • The Cremation Act 1902
  • The Equality Act 2010
  • The Localism Act 2011

Who we can share your data with

  • Government departments

Changes to this privacy notice

We keep our privacy notice under regular review. This privacy notice was last updated on 9 February 2019.



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