This notice provides details of what information we collect from you, what we do with it, and who it might be shared with.

The information is being collected for the following purpose:

1. To facilitate a marriage or civil partnership ceremony at a venue which has been mutually agreed by the couple and registrar / local authority

The legal basis for each purpose is set out below:

Under the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 and the Civil Partnership Act 2004, you must by law lodge marriage notice forms / civil partnership forms with the registrar within the Council area in which you wish to marry / register your civil partnership.

We collect both parties full name, signature and contact details (which may be a postal address, email address and/or phone numbers), along with details of the place, date and time of the forthcoming marriage / civil partnership. We also keep copies of your communications with us and our responses.

We collect information from you.

We share your information with the National Records of Scotland (NRS). The NRS is responsible for overseeing the registration of marriages and civil partnerships in Scotland.

• National Records of Scotland privacy notice

The Council has a duty to protect public funds. We may check your information within the Council for verification purposes and/or for the prevention of fraud. We may share your information with other organisations where we are required to do so for the purposes of the prevention or detection of crime.

We do not transfer your information outwith the UK.

We keep your information as long as required by law or by our business requirements. We have a Business Classification Scheme in place which sets out the types of records we hold, and how long we hold them - you can access the relevant part of the scheme below.

Yes, you must provide this information if you wish to be married / register a civil partnership in the Falkirk Council area.