The registry office records your personal data (including your name, date of birth, and parentage) in registers and files. On this basis, certificates and attestations are issued and information is provided. In addition, your data will be processed to the extent necessary for you to leave a church, religious community, or ideological community. The city of Mainz is responsible for processing the data. It will provide you with more detailed information on the processing of your data and is responsible if you wish to assert your rights in connection with the processing of data.

The legal basis for the processing activities is provided by the Civil Status Act, the Civil Status Ordinance, any relevant international regulations, and Section 2 (1) of the State Law on Withdrawal from Religious Communities and Sections 3 and 5 of the State Data Protection Act.

The data held by the registry offices may only be disclosed to other domestic and foreign registry offices, other persons, other authorities, courts, religious communities, and consular representations of other countries if this is permitted by law.

The data recorded in registers must be stored permanently. Depending on the type of civil status procedure, they must be offered to the archive for transfer after 30, 80, or 110 years, together with the corresponding files. Church resignations are stored for 30 years and can then be transferred to the archive.

You can contact the data protection officer of the city of Mainz, Mr. Michael Schaust, at

Phone: 06131/12-2216

Email: datenschutzstadt.mainzde

If you have any questions or complaints, you can also contact the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Rhineland-Palatinate. He or your responsible employee at the registry office will also provide you with information about your rights as a data subject under the General Data Protection Regulation.