Your privacy rights regarding the BRP

You want access to your data in the BRP

Do you want to know which of your data have been stored in the BRP? You can access your data online by logging in to MijnOverheid. Here you can also see with which organisations your data from the BRP are shared.

You can also ask your municipality for access.

You want to modify your data in the BRP

Are your personal data in the BRP incorrect? Or are they incomplete? Then you can ask your municipality to adjust or supplement these data.

In that case, you will have to demonstrate that your data are incorrect or incomplete. You do this by submitting documentary evidence, such as a residence permit or a marriage certificate.

You want to have your data removed from the BRP

Usually, it is not possible for you to have your data removed from the BRP. This is because the municipality is obliged by law to register your personal data in the BRP.

You can have your data removed in the following situations:

• The municipality processes your data unlawfully (contrary to the law) in the BRP because there is no legal basis for processing, for example.
• One of the specific situations from Article 2.57 of the Personal Records Database Act applies to you. For example: you have been adopted. Or you have undergone a gender reassignment. In those cases, you can have certain data from before the adoption or gender reassignment removed from the BRP.

You disagree with the municipality

Did you ask your municipality for access, adjustment/addition or removal of your data in the BRP? And do you disagree with the decision of your municipality on your request? Then you can lodge a written objection with your municipality. You have to do this within six weeks.

You do not want to be registered in the BRP

You cannot object to the registration of your personal data in the BRP. The right to object from the GDPR does not apply in the case of the BRP. This is because your municipality is obliged by law to process your personal data in the BRP.

You can ask the municipality, though, to keep your data secret, such as if you are in a women's shelter.

You want the municipality to stop temporarily

You do not have a right to restriction of processing of your personal data in the BRP. This right means that an organisation is (temporarily) not allowed to use your data. For example, until it has become clear if these data are correct.

Your municipality can add a note to the data concerned. It will then be clear to organisations that receive those data from the BRP that the data are under discussion. You can also ask for modification or removal of your data.

You want to transfer your data

You do not have a right to data portability with regard to your data in the BRP. This means that you cannot have your data in the BRP transferred to another organisation or to yourself.

You want a new decision

Did the municipality make a decision that has consequences for you? And was this decision made by automated means? Then you are entitled to a new decision in which your data have been reviewed by a human being.

More information about privacy rights

At Privacy rights under the GDPR, you can read more about the privacy rights you have and how you can make a request.