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GDPR rules apply to Catholic Church baptism registers
Original: GDPR rules also apply to baptism registers of catholic church
The Catholic Church's baptism registers fall under GDPR data protection rules, meaning parishes must handle baptismal records according to the same privacy standards as any other organisation processing personal data. This includes obligations around access, correction and deletion requests, which can raise sensitive questions for a religious institution holding records of sacraments received, sometimes long ago, about living and deceased individuals alike.
Why now: It highlights an unusual collision between EU privacy law and religious record-keeping, prompting debate about how far GDPR obligations extend to churches.
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