Find out how Stirling Council uses personal data by checking the Council’s website at the following address:
https://www.stirling.gov.uk/privacy-statement/
Our website contains a Register of Data Processing which lists all the different ways
in which the Council uses personal data.
This Privacy Notice provides more information about just one of those processes.
The Council has a Data Protection Officer to make sure it is complying with data protection laws.
They can be contacted at:
Data Protection Officer
Stirling Council
Old Viewforth
14-20 Pitt Terrace
Stirling
FK8 2ET
Email: dataprotection@stirling.gov.uk
Telephone: 01786 404040
To enable the sale of the exclusive right of burial to accommodate interments.
To record burials and transfer of rights to lairs.
Name and address of the lair holder, and details of any transfer rights in relation to existing lairs.
Personal data is also recorded relating to the deceased, although this data does not come within the scope of Data Protection laws.
Statutory obligation. The Burial and Cremation
(Scotland) Bill 2016 requires each burial authority to prepare and maintain a burial register for each burial ground it provides. The register must contain information relating to burials that have taken place and registered holders of the exclusive right of burial.
Application forms for lairs, and via funeral directors.
In a database which is the burials administration system Hardcopy applications are retained within the service for one year then sent to record centre storage.
Permanently. Legislation places a duty on all parties which are required to maintain records to do so indefinitely.
You have the following rights under data protection laws. If you have a request under any of these rights, you can make a subject access request.
If you want to complain about or comment on how we have processed your personal information, you should email dataprotection@stirling.gov.uk
If you are still unhappy with how the council handled your complaint, you can contact the UK Information Commissioner's Office at:
The Information Commissioner,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Phone: 0303 123 1113
You can find further information on the Information Commissioners Office website.