I am a funeral Celebrant and I create and lead funeral ceremonies in accordance with a family’s wishes.

What information do I collect from you?

The personal data I need to process is:
Name and surname
Postal Address
Phone
Email(s)
Relationship to the deceased

Why do I need this data?

The personal data I collect from you will be used for the following purposes:

To contact you by phone, email and letter to be able to make all the necessary arrangements on your behalf for the professional fulfilment of the funeral service as instructed by you and the Funeral Director.

To visit you if you invite me to your home address or other mutually convenient place in order to plan the funeral content.

To keep details of funerals on file so I have a record for future reference; e.g. if you get in touch in the future and ask for a similar funeral.

To reply to enquiries about my services.

Who might I share your information with?

I will not pass your personal data on to any other third parties.

How long do I keep your information?
I will process your data for up to six weeks after the funeral and will then remove all personal details from my system. I will keep only the ceremony script for the purposes stated above.

I will also securely store all data collected before 25 May 2018 for historical and accounting purposes. It will not be used to contact families.

Your rights

At any point whilst I hold your data you have the following rights:
Right of access – you have the right to request a copy of the information I hold about you.
Right of correction – you have the right to correct data that I hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to be moved – you have the right to have the data I hold moved to another organisation.
Right to prevent direct marketing – I cannot contact you in the future unless I have your permission to do so.
Right to prevent automatic decision-making and profiling - I do not carry out automated processing or profiling.
Right to be forgotten – you can ask for your personal data to be erased from my records (I can decline if records are needed for legal obligations).
Right to complain – see Complaints section below

Please note that the above legal rights apply to the personal data I hold about you as a living person, rather than any data relating to the deceased.

How to Complain.

In the event you wish to make a complaint about how your personal data is being processed by me, or how your complaint has been handled, you have the right to lodge a complaint with me or directly with the supervisory authority.
The details for the supervisory authority are;
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
http://ico.org.uk/concerns/