Information Products
Information products are processed forms of the data collected by municipalities and RNI desks, turned into a product that directly meets a customer need.
The BRP API has the following information products:
- Adressering: form of address, salutation, a reference to a person in the running text of a letter, and address lines that fit in an envelope window.
- Bewoning: who lived together in a dwelling during a period, or on a reference date.
- Gezag: authority relationships of all minors and holders of authority, even where there is no entry in the parental authority register.
- Leeftijd: in years.
- Volledige naam: including titles of nobility and predicates, without using the partner's name.
- Voorletters.
Based on shared domain knowledge
Information products are continuously improved by RvIG and other government organizations involved in drawing up the derivation rules. The information product Adressering has been coordinated with the Hoge Raad van Adel, the Ministry of Justice and Security is responsible for deriving Gezag, and the judiciary is involved in drawing up the derivation rules. So you can assume that all current legislation and available knowledge has been built into the information product. And that we, with combined knowledge as one government, can carry out our tasks.
The rules we use are visible to everyone. You can find them by clicking on the information product of your choice above.
Data Minimization Experiment Decree
The legal basis for processing personal data is laid down in the Experimentbesluit Dataminimalisatie. This experiment prepares the ground for a structural change in the law.
Is there an information product? Then use it
Always use the information products the BRP API offers, and preferably do not work with the underlying data yourself. When you use an information product, your application automatically benefits from improvements and new legislation and regulations that RvIG builds into the information product. Moreover, your organization has to process fewer personal data, because the BRP API directly provides what you need. This is a major step forward in data minimization, and helps your organization comply better with the GDPR. With data minimization you not only protect the privacy of our citizens, you also contribute to sustainability: the fewer data your application requests, the lower the load on the server and the network.
What if it does not fit?
Does an information product not meet your need, or do you think the derivation could be better? Let us know and propose an improvement. With combined domain knowledge, and a product that is usable for many, we get further together.