Confidential personal data

What is it?

The municipality keeps your personal data in the Personal Records Database (BRP). Various organizations may receive your personal data from the BRP. Which organizations these are depends in part on your personal situation. For example, whether you have children or a driver's license. See which organizations may receive your personal data on the website of the national government.

If you do not want certain organizations to receive your personal data, you can ask the municipality to keep it confidential. You can also request this for your children up to the age of 16.

How does it work?

If you would prefer your personal data not to be shared with others, you can ask the municipality to keep your data confidential. You always have the right to this confidentiality and do not need to give a reason for your request. Your personal data will then not be shared with:

  • non-commercial institutions, such as sports and music associations or charities;
  • organizations that provide healthcare to patients in an institution;
  • (after weighing up interests) organizations that perform judicial activities;
  • the Interchurch Membership Administration Foundation (SILA), which maintains membership records for religious communities. Your data may still be present in SILA's own records. If you would like this data to be deleted, please contact SILA at or your religious community.

In the case of confidentiality, the municipality will only disclose your data to mandatory authorities, such as the police, the judiciary, and the Tax and Customs Administration.

The municipality will never disclose your personal data to:

  • private individuals
  • commercial institutions

What should I do?

  • Request confidentiality of your personal data from the municipality. Include a copy of your valid ID.
  • You can always revoke the confidentiality of your personal data.

Moving to another municipality

If you have requested confidentiality and subsequently move to another municipality, you do not need to request confidentiality again.

What do I need?

  • your valid proof of identity

How long will it take?

The municipality will process the confidentiality request within five working days.

Additional information

You can also request an overview of the organizations to which your data has been transferred in the past year.