Cemeteries services
The London Borough of Hounslow is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Through this Privacy Notice we have sought to be as transparent as possible and fully explain how your personal data is held and processed.
This privacy notice applies to Cemeteries services and tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.
If you have any questions about this privacy notice or any concerns about how we process your data, please contact cemeteries@hounslow.gov.uk
The privacy notice will continue to be monitored and updated. You are advised to check this page from time to time.
What type of information we have
The information collected on the application form is only used for the purpose of booking a burial, applying for a memorial permit, or to enable grave maintenance.
We will collect and process the following information:
- Your name
- Your address
- Your email
- Your telephone number.
- Name of the deceased
- Locality of deceased
- Age
- Address
- Date and place of death
- Faith
- Martial status
- Occupation
- Time and Date of Burial
- Funeral Director details.
How do we get your information?
All the personal information we process is provided to us directly by the applicant to book a burial, apply for a memorial permit.
Our Lawful basis for processing your information
The lawful basis we rely on for processing this information is: public task.
If the information you provide us contains special category data, such as health, religious or ethnic information the legal basis we rely on to process is:
- Substantial Public Interest- under schedule 1 of the Data Protection Act 2018, this is processing that is necessary to carry out for Statutory & Government purposes.
Why we need your information (purposes of processing)
- To facilitate burial and issue associated documents.
- To issue memorial permits.
This data is only accessed by the cemeteries team.
Who your information may be shared with (internally and externally)
Records are uploaded to a secure electronic database (Plotbox) which only the cemeteries team have access. Information is shared with Greenspace360 (a company wholly owned by the London Borough of Hounslow) to allow the burial to take place in our cemeteries.
We may share information with the family’s chosen Funeral Director and Stonemason.
How long we keep your information
Paper records are kept for 7 years. We will dispose your information in the most secure manner possible. Burial and grave owner registers are kept indefinitely.
Your data protection rights
The rights available to you depend on our reason for processing your information. For further information about your data protection rights and how to make a request, please see ‘Your rights’
Your right to make a complaint
The Council tries to meet the highest standards when collecting and using personal information. For this reason, we take any complaints we receive about this very seriously. We encourage people to bring it to our attention if they think that our collection or use of information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate.
If you want to make a complaint you can contact us on:
Complaints Team
London Borough of Hounslow
Hounslow House,
7 Bath Road,
TW3 3EB
Data Protection Officer
The Council’s Data Protection Officer can be contacted on:
InformationGovernance@hounslow.gov.uk
Information Governance Team
London Borough of Hounslow
Hounslow House,
7 Bath Road,
TW3 3EB
Information Commissioner’s Office
The Information Commissioner is the UK's independent body set up to uphold information rights.
If you would like to know more about your rights under the Data Protection law, and what you should expect, visit the Information Commissioner’s website: https://ico.org.uk/
If you have any concerns regarding any privacy practices or about exercising your Data Protection rights, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113 or 01625 545 745
Email: casework@ico.org.uk
A full list of what information we control and process and for what purposes is set out in our notification with the Information Commissioner's Register of Data Controllers. Our registration number is Z5761176. You can view our registration on the Information Commissioner's website.
