Privacy

Privacy Policy

How passport scans and personal details are handled for document review and route planning.

This policy explains what information we may receive from couples, why we request it, how it is used for marriage registration and certificate preparation planning, and how you can contact us about your personal data.

Passport-scan handling
Route-review purpose
No data selling
Deletion requests
Summary

Plain-language overview

Married in Georgia helps foreign couples plan civil marriage registration in Georgia and related document steps such as certificate preparation, apostille, legalization, translation, attestation and courier handling. To provide useful guidance, we may ask for passport scans, basic personal details, marital-status information, travel dates and the country or authority where a Georgian marriage certificate will be used.

We use this information only to understand your case, review document readiness, plan the route, communicate with you, coordinate service delivery and comply with reasonable legal or administrative requirements connected with the service.

We do not sell your passport scans or personal details. We do not use your private documents for public marketing. We do not publish client documents, client identities or private case details without permission.

Important: This Privacy Policy is written for website transparency and client communication. It is not a substitute for legal advice. If your case requires a formal data-protection review, please consult a qualified professional.
Who we are

1. Who this policy applies to

This policy applies to visitors and clients who contact Married in Georgia through the website, WhatsApp, email, phone, contact forms or other communication channels connected with civil marriage registration and document-route planning in Georgia.

For the purposes of this policy, “personal information” means information that identifies you or can reasonably be connected to you. “Documents” may include passport scans, identity documents, marital-status records, divorce documents, death certificates, civil registry records, name-change documents, visa or residence context, certificate-use instructions and other materials you voluntarily send for review.

Information

2. Information we may collect

We only request information that helps us understand the document route and provide a realistic answer.

Identity and contact details

  • Name, surname and contact details.
  • WhatsApp number, email address or phone number.
  • Passport or identity-document scans shared for pre-check.
  • Nationality, residence country and travel timing.

Marriage-route information

  • Marital status for each partner.
  • Divorce, widowhood, name-change or civil-status documents if relevant.
  • Witness needs and registration timing.
  • Certificate-use country, receiving authority and written requirements.
Purpose

3. Why we use this information

We use personal information and document scans for practical service purposes. These may include checking whether the couple appears ready for a Georgian civil marriage route, identifying missing or unclear documents, explaining whether apostille, legalization, notarized translation, UAE MoFA attestation or courier handling may be relevant, preparing communication with the couple, coordinating appointments and supporting document-route planning after registration.

We may also use the information to answer your questions, prepare service quotes, confirm timelines, reduce mistakes, maintain internal case records and comply with reasonable administrative, accounting, dispute-resolution or legal obligations connected with the services we provide.

We do not request passport scans for curiosity. We request them because names, spellings, dates, nationality, document format and transliteration can affect marriage registration planning and later certificate use abroad.

4. Passport scans and sensitive documents

Passport scans and marital-status documents are handled as confidential case materials. Access is limited to people involved in reviewing, preparing or coordinating your requested service. We ask clients not to send unnecessary documents, unrelated personal information or documents belonging to people who are not part of the case unless those documents are directly relevant to the requested route.

If you send a document by WhatsApp, email or another platform, that platform may process the message under its own privacy policy and technical rules. We cannot control the security practices of third-party messaging or email providers. For highly sensitive documents, ask us what delivery method is appropriate before sending unnecessary materials.

Sharing

5. When information may be shared

We do not sell your personal information. Limited sharing may be necessary to provide the service you requested.

Depending on the case, information may be shared with trusted service participants involved in document review, translation, notarization, appointment coordination, courier handling, certificate preparation, apostille or legalization planning, or related administrative support.

Information may also be provided to public authorities, notaries, official offices, courier providers or professional service providers when this is necessary for the service, when you request it, or when it is required by a lawful process or official requirement.

We aim to share only the information reasonably necessary for the relevant step. We do not publish client documents online or use private case materials as public examples without permission.

Security

6. How we protect information

We use reasonable organizational and technical care to protect personal information from unauthorized access, misuse, accidental loss and unnecessary disclosure. This includes limiting access to case materials, avoiding public sharing of private documents, and using client information only for the route requested.

No internet, email, messaging or file-transfer method is completely risk-free. You should avoid sending unnecessary documents, hide unrelated information where possible, and contact us if you believe a document was sent by mistake.

If we become aware of a serious issue affecting your documents, we will take reasonable steps to respond and communicate with affected clients where appropriate.

Retention

7. How long we keep information

We keep personal information and case materials only for as long as reasonably needed for document review, service delivery, follow-up questions, administrative records, accounting, dispute prevention, legal compliance or legitimate business recordkeeping.

Some materials may be deleted quickly when they are no longer needed. Other information may need to be kept for a reasonable period if it relates to completed services, payments, courier records, authority submissions, client instructions, dispute prevention or legal obligations.

You may ask us to delete passport scans or documents that are no longer needed for your case. We will consider and respond to deletion requests, subject to any information we reasonably need to keep for legal, accounting, administrative or dispute-resolution reasons.

Your choices

8. Your rights and requests

You may contact us to ask what personal information we hold about your case, to correct inaccurate details, to request deletion of documents that are no longer needed, to ask us to stop using your information for a particular purpose, or to ask questions about how your documents are handled.

Before responding to some requests, we may need to verify that the request comes from the relevant person or an authorized representative. This protects couples from unauthorized access to private documents.

Some requests may be limited where we need to keep information for legitimate administrative, accounting, legal or service-related reasons. If we cannot fully complete a request, we will try to explain the reason in practical terms.

9. Cookies, analytics and website data

Our website may collect basic technical information such as device type, browser type, pages visited, approximate location, referral source and time spent on the site. This helps us understand website performance and improve the information we publish for couples.

If analytics, advertising or embedded tools are used, those providers may process data under their own policies. You can control many cookie and tracking preferences through your browser settings.

10. International communication

Clients often contact us from the UAE, GCC, Europe, the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries. Because marriage-route planning and certificate-use planning can involve multiple countries, information may be communicated across borders through email, WhatsApp, courier services, official channels, translation support or professional coordination where needed for the requested service.

By sending documents to us for review, you understand that your information may be used to coordinate a cross-border document route connected with Georgian marriage registration and international certificate use.

Additional notes

11. Children’s information

Our services are intended for adults planning civil marriage registration and related document preparation. We do not knowingly request information from children for marketing purposes. If a document involving a child is relevant to a lawful family-document matter, it should be shared only when necessary and only by an appropriate parent, guardian or authorized person.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, website, communication tools or legal requirements change. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new “last updated” date. Continued use of the website or continued communication with us after an update means the new version applies going forward.

13. Contact

For privacy questions, document-deletion requests or corrections, contact us:

Last updated: July 1, 2026

Privacy contact

Have a question about a passport scan or document review?

Contact us before sending unnecessary documents. We can tell you what is usually needed for a route review and what can wait until later.

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