The Basic Registration of Persons (BRP) contains the personal data of all inhabitants of municipality The government may use this data. For example, for child benefits, study financing and pensions. Sometimes your information is also passed on to others. Do you want to know which institutions receive your data? Check the website Wiekrijgtmijngegevens.nl.

Don't want your data to be passed on? Then ask the municipality to keep your personal data confidential. You do not have to give a specific reason for this. You can also have the secrecy stopped again.

Are you moving to another municipality? You do not need to reapply for secrecy in the new municipality .

In some cases, municipality must still provide your personal information. Even if you have requested confidentiality. This happens when government agencies want your data. For example, the Tax Office or the Social Insurance Bank (SVB).

You can request confidentiality only for:

• your own personal data
• the personal data of your children up to 16 years of age

Adolescents 16 and older must apply for confidentiality themselves.

The municipality processes the confidentiality within 4 weeks.