Data Protection

Eliza Johnson fully endorses and complies with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and General Data Protection Regulations 2018.  Only information which is needed to carry out celebrant functions are collected and used.  This information includes members of the public, current, past and prospective clients and customers and suppliers.

Personal information must be handled and dealt with properly however it is collected, recorded and used whether it is on paper, on computer records or other means. All data is securely held by under the terms of the Data Protection Act and will be treated confidentially and with the utmost care and respect.

I keep your details for the duration of your wedding planning and ceremony period and then keep it on our records for the 12 months following your wedding ceremony.  The data is then permanently deleted.

If you do not wish your personal details to be held by me at all I will remove your address and contact details from my records however this will make it difficult to contact you during the process of planning your ceremony. Please inform me in writing if this is the case and I will confirm in writing that i have done so.

Handling sensitive data

I will, through management and use of appropriate controls, monitoring and review:

• Use personal data in the most efficient and effective way to deliver better services
• Strive to collect and process only the data or information which is needed
• Use personal data for such purposes as are described at the point of collection, or for purposes which are legally permitted
• Strive to ensure information is accurate
• Not keep information for longer than is necessary
• Securely destroy data which is no longer needed
• Take appropriate technical and organisational security measures to safeguard information (including unauthorised or unlawful processing and accidental loss or damage of data
• Ensure that the rights of people about whom information is held can be fully exercised under the Data Protection Act 1998

These rights include:

• The right to access their own personal information within 40 days of request
• The right to prevent processing in certain circumstances
• The right to correct, rectify, block or erase information regarded as wrong information

Ensure that any breaches of this policy are dealt with appropriately

Please see for Privacy Notice: https://humanist.org.uk/elizajohnson/privacy-notice/

I am registered with the ICO and my registration number is ZA279494

Please contact me at eliza.johnson@humanistceremonies.org.uk or eliza.johnson8866@hotmail.com with any questions or requests about the personal information I process.