Data subject rights
Welcome to Labour’s data subject rights page. Below you will find each data subject right you are entitled to with information about the right and how to express your rights to us. Should you need to return to the Privacy Notice you can do so by clicking here.
Our commitment to you
Where the Labour Party is using your personal data, you have the right to be informed about it.
We’re committed to make sure that everyone whose personal data is being held or used by us understands:
- What personal data we may collect from you/them
- What we do with it once we have it
How you will be informed
The Labour Party provides access to a data privacy notice, also known as a data protection notice, at the time we first collect personal data from you, either:
- via the privacy notices on our website, for example: accessed via a link from a survey, questionnaire or other online form, or another digital location we control; or verbal notification of the relevant notice on this website
- physically at a location where we are gathering your data
- in writing, issued to you upon request
If we receive information about you from someone else, we’ll usually tell you before we use or share your personal data. This does not apply if we know you already have this information, or where the law says it’s not necessary.
If you have come to this page to submit a Data Subject Access Request, click here to go to the form you can complete which will act as your submission
Our commitment to you
Where the Labour party holds a copy of your personal data, you can request a copy of your personal data from us. This is known as a Data Subject Access Request (DSAR).
You can ask us:
- what information we have about you and why
- for a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- who we might share it with
- how long we keep this information for
- where we got your information from
For some of this information it may be useful to see our privacy notices before making your request which can be found here.
When you submit a DSAR
Every DSAR we receive is logged by us. To conduct our search, we require:
- Your full name, email address, home address (including your postcode), and if you are a Labour Member, your membership number;
- The dates to and from, you would like us to look e.g. From: 01/01/2024 to: 04/02/2024.
- A clear description of the information you may be seeking. (If we can find this specific information for you it may be easier to complete your request more quickly);
- A copy of the photo page of your passport or the side of your driving licence with your photo (if you cannot provide these for any reason, please contact us to discuss other possible forms of ID) [Also see section 3 below]
If we do not receive an item of the information above it will likely limit how much of our systems we are able to search or mean we are unable to continue with your request.
How you have submitted your DSAR will determine how we will responded to you:
- Where you have completed an online form we have set up, you will also receive an automatic email response as our acknowledgement of receipt of your DSAR.
- Where you have emailed [email protected] you will have received an automatic email response as our acknowledgement of receipt of your DSAR.
- Where you have made a request for a DSAR via another Labour email address or the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) website, we will manually send you an email response as our acknowledgement of receipt of your DSAR.
- Where you have used a third-party data subject rights provider and you have provided your direct email address, whether or not you have provided a form of acceptable identification, we will email you to confirm the DSAR was sent by you. If we do not receive a reply from you as confirmation, we will not continue with your DSAR.
- Where a DSAR has been sent on your behalf by someone else, maybe a friend, a relative, a solicitor or maybe an employee of a consumer organisation such as Citizens Advice Bureau, we will require a letter from them, signed by yourself, confirming you have given permission to them to make the DSAR on your behalf. Where this letter is not received, we will not continue with your DSAR.
Each response we send, unless you have already provided suitable identification, will contain a request for identification from you. This is for our identity verification purposes.
Upon receipt of relevant identity information, we will let you know we have received this successfully and continue with your DSAR. If there are any problems we will let you know as soon as we can and will aim to let you know before the 30 day statutory period for reply.
If there aren’t any problems (also see section 4 below), you will receive the information we are obliged to provide to you within 30 days of successfully passing our identity verification process.
Our approach to DSARs
The following bullet points provide some further information on the Labour Party’s general approach to dealing with DSARs in line with data protection legislation:
- We can only provide personal data that the Labour Party is processing about you;
- If your DSAR is deemed complex, we will need to apply an exemption available to extend the timeframe for completion by up to two months (in addition to the original 30 days);
- We do not provide third party data, for example, a complaint made about you;
- We do not provide contextual information that could identify a third party, for example, personal comments;
- DSARs do not bypass the Labour Party’s internal complaints process;
- We do not disclose internal complaint procedures or policies as part of a DSAR;
- We remove legally privileged advice;
- Where we believe, or it is proven, that the information is being requested so that you can target someone else, your DSAR will be classified as “manifestly unfounded” and we will reject your DSAR on these grounds;
- Where you have used violent language, if your swear, or are suggestive of any threat of violent within your request, your DSAR will be classified as “manifestly unfounded” and we will reject your DSAR on these grounds; and,
- Where you make multiple DSARs for the same period of time, or submit another DSAR within a period of time that is close to a previous DSAR submission, where there is no good reason for another DSAR submission, your DSAR will be classified as “manifestly excessive” and we will reject your DSAR on these grounds.
- Where you are involved in a contentious issue (such as a selection appeal, disciplinary investigation or where you are contemplating or actively involved in litigation against the Labour Party) this is classified as a complex request and will have a probability of being rejected due to a reason above or because, depending on the circumstances, it may be considered “manifestly unfounded”, “manifestly excessive” or a “vexatious” DSAR.
For the avoidance of doubt, the definition of both “manifestly excessive” and “manifestly unfounded” align with the definition of “vexatious”. If we still consider a DSAR as vexatious yet it does not align easily with either definition, we will take all ICO related considerations and may consult with the ICO, before rejecting a DSAR for being “vexatious”.
A note on Freedom of Information (FOI) requests
The Labour Party does not fall into the category of “public authority” under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We will not, therefore, provide information if you have made this type of request.
How else to submit a DSAR
You can also submit your request for a copy of your personal data by sending the required information via email to [email protected] or by post within a letter to:
Labour Statutory Data Protection Officer
The Labour Party, Southworks, 20 Rushworth Street, United Kingdom, SE1 0SS
If you have come to this page request your data to be corrected, click here to go to the form you can complete which will act as your submission.
Correcting your personal data
A request for correction is often also known as a rectification request within UK data protection law.
We want to make sure that the personal data we hold about you is correct and that we have not missed anything out.
You can ask us to:
- Correct any personal data about you which is wrong;
- Update the personal data we hold about you if it is incomplete
When you submit a request for correction
To help us find the location(s) of the information you want to have updated, it will be very helpful to share with us:
- Your full name, email address, home address (including your postcode), and if you are a Labour Member, your membership number; and
- A clear description of the personal data you want to have updated/corrected/rectified.
We also require you to pass an identity verification process so we know it is you that is making this request. Unfortunately, we have had to put this step in place due to less trustworthy individuals requesting alterations to personal data in the past.
Our request for identification from you
Due to the nature of being a political party, we maintain a risk averse approach to updating anyone’s personal data within our systems and documentation.
To make sure that we can account for the risks in making changes to personal data where the individual is unable to login to a platform themselves to make the change,, we ask everyone to verify their identity. We are allowed to do this in line with what the UK regulator, the ICO, says on their website.
We do apologise for any inconvenience this may cause but the various reasons for someone asking for personal data to be updated must be held to the same standard for all correction requests we receive. We hope you agree that it is reasonable to expect this level of caution from a political party.
To successfully pass our identity verification process we ask that you send us a copy of any of the following:
- A copy of the photo page of your passport; or
- A copy of the photo side of your driving licence
If you cannot provide these for any reason, please contact us to discuss other possible forms of ID.
Our approach to requests for correction
The following bullet points provide some further information on the Labour Party’s general approach to dealing with requests for correction to personal data in line with data protection legislation:
- Once we have received your request, we’ll take steps to ensure the new data is accurate. If we agree that the personal information you have identified is factually inaccurate, we’ll correct it;
- If we agree to make changes, it is likely to take three to four weeks to be fully updated throughout Labour and our systems meaning the incorrect information may continue to be used. [NOTE: If we are within a general election period and you have made this request, it is likely to take until after the election to be fully updated but we will do our best to update it before this.]
- Often, where you data is not correct on our copy of the Electoral Register, we may update it in our system although should the data still be incorrect on the Electoral Register when we receive our updated version of it, then we will likely revert to that copy of the data despite our original efforts to make this change for you. Further information about the Electoral Register can be found: https://www.gov.uk/electoral-register; and https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/privacy-policy/electoral-registers
- If we do not agree with your view that the personal data we hold about you is factually wrong, we’ll explain the reason for our decision. If you’re not happy with this, we’ll give you details about your right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
- If you think the personal data we hold about you is incomplete and we do not agree with this, we may give you the opportunity to add a supplementary statement to explain why you think the personal data we hold is incomplete.
How else to submit a request to have your personal data corrected
You can also submit your request for your personal data to be updated/corrected by sending the required information via email to [email protected] or by post within a letter to:
Labour Statutory Data Protection Officer
The Labour Party, Southworks, 20 Rushworth Street, United Kingdom, SE1 0SS
If you have come to this page to request your data to be deleted, click here to go to the form you can complete which will act as your submission.
Deleting your personal data
A request for the deletion of your personal data is often also known as a ‘right to be forgotten’ request or ‘right to erasure’ request.
When you request for your personal data to be deleted it does not mean we will automatically delete anything we hold on you. We will explain this below.
When you submit a request for deletion
To help us find the personal data you want to have deleted, you will need to provide us with:
- Your full name, email address, home address (including your postcode), and if you are a Labour Member, your membership number; and
- A copy of the photo page of your passport or the side of your driving licence with your photo (if you cannot provide these for any reason, please contact us to discuss other possible forms of ID) [Also see section 3 below]
If we do not receive an item of the information above it will likely limit how much of our systems we are able to search and therefore limit what we delete, or mean we are unable to continue with your request.
Our request for identification from you
Due to the nature of being a political party, we maintain a risk averse approach to deleting anyone’s personal data within our systems and documentation.
To make sure that we can account for the risks in deleting personal data where the individual is unable to login to a platform themselves to make the change, we ask everyone to verify their identity. We are allowed to do this in line with what the UK regulator, the ICO, says on their website.
We do apologise for any inconvenience this may cause but the various reasons for someone asking for personal data to be deleted must be held to the same standard for all deletion requests we receive. We hope you agree that it is reasonable to expect this level of caution from a political party.
To successfully pass our identity verification process we ask that you send us a copy of any of the following:
- A copy of the photo page of your passport; or
- A copy of the photo side of your driving licence
If you cannot provide these for any reason, please contact us to discuss other possible forms of ID.
When we will delete your personal data
Upon passing our identity verification process, we will delete your personal data where:
- The personal data needs to be deleted to comply with a legal obligation;
- Your personal data is no longer needed for the original reason it was collected;
- We were using your personal data unlawfully under data protection legislation; and
- Where you have previously given consent for us to use your personal data and you now want to withdraw that consent (also see our notes on consent which can be found here).
When we might refuse to delete your personal data
There are circumstances where it may not be possible to agree to delete your information because:
- You are on an updated copy of the Electoral Register (we will mark your personal data so you don’t receive information from us outside of the one piece of literature political parties are entitled to send you within a general election). NOTE: Further information about the Electoral Register can be found: Labour’s legal uses of the Electoral Register; https://www.gov.uk/electoral-register; and https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/privacy-policy/electoral-registers
- We need to keep it to comply with a legal obligation;
- Erasing your data would prejudice scientific or historical research;
- We are carrying out a task in the public interest or exercising our official authority (this includes conducting our ‘democratic engagement’ activities). NOTE: Further information on the definition of ‘democratic engagement’ can be found here. Political parties are not required to gain your consent for this use of your personal data.
- It is needed to defend legal claims;
- It has been, or is being used within a complaints, disputes or grievance process by Labour and we may need to evidence this in the future to defend legal claims.
How else to submit a request for deletion
You can also submit your request for your personal data to be updated by sending the required information via email to [email protected] or by post within a letter to:
Labour Statutory Data Protection Officer
The Labour Party, Southworks, 20 Rushworth Street, United Kingdom, SE1 0SS
If you have come to this page to request the use of your personal data to be restricted, click here to go to the form you can complete which will act as your submission.
Restricting the use of your personal data
In some circumstances, you can ask us to ‘restrict’ the use of your personal data. There may be times when you do not want us to delete your personal data, but you would not like us to continue using the personal data we have about you in the future.
Upon a successful request to ‘restrict’ the use of your personal data, we’ll continue to store the personal data we already have about you, but will not use it for any further purposes.
When you submit a request for restriction of use
To help us find the personal data you want to restrict the use of, you will need to provide us with:
- Your full name, email address, home address (including your postcode), and if you are a Labour Member, your membership number; and
- A copy of the photo page of your passport or the side of your driving licence with your photo (if you cannot provide these for any reason, please contact us to discuss other possible forms of ID) [Also see section 3 below]
If we do not receive an item of the information above it will likely limit how much of our systems we are able to search and therefore limit what we can restrict use of, or mean we are unable to continue with your request.
Our request for identification from you
Due to the nature of being a political party, we maintain a risk averse approach to anyone requesting to restrict the use of personal data within our systems and documentation.
To make sure that we can account for the risks associated to a restriction in using personal data, we ask everyone to verify their identity. We are allowed to do this in line with what the UK regulator, the ICO, says on their website.
We do apologise for any inconvenience this may cause but the various reasons for someone asking for personal data use to be restricted must be held to the same standard for all restriction requests we receive. We hope you agree that it is reasonable to expect this level of caution from a political party.
To successfully pass our identity verification process we ask that you send us a copy of any of the following:
- A copy of the photo page of your passport; or
- A copy of the photo side of your driving licence
If you cannot provide these for any reason, please contact us to discuss other possible forms of ID.
When we will stop using your personal data
Upon passing our identity verification process, we will stop using your personal data where:
- You believe, and we have confirmed, we’re using your personal data in an unlawful way and you want us to stop using it, but you do not want your personal data to be deleted; and
- We no longer need your personal data for the original reason we collected it, but you require us to keep it to make or defend a legal claim.
Where use of your personal data is restricted, as well as storing your personal data, we’ll only use it during the period of restriction for the following reasons:
- With your consent we have gained from you;
- If use is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
- If use is necessary for the protection of the rights of another person; or
- If use is necessary for reasons of important public interest, including for example, communicating with the UK data protection regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office.
How else to submit a request to restrict use
You can also submit your request for you’re the use of your personal data to be restricted by sending the required information via email to [email protected] or by post within a letter to:
Labour Statutory Data Protection Officer
The Labour Party, Southworks, 20 Rushworth Street, United Kingdom, SE1 0SS
If you have come to this page to request the use of your personal data to be restricted, click here to go to the form you can complete which will act as your submission.
Restricting the use of your personal data
In some circumstances, you can ask us to ‘restrict’ the use of your personal data. There may be times when you do not want us to delete your personal data, but you would not like us to continue using the personal data we have about you in the future.
Upon a successful request to ‘restrict’ the use of your personal data, we’ll continue to store the personal data we already have about you, but will not use it for any further purposes.
When you submit a request for restriction of use
To help us find the personal data you want to restrict the use of, you will need to provide us with:
- Your full name, email address, home address (including your postcode), and if you are a Labour Member, your membership number; and
- A copy of the photo page of your passport or the side of your driving licence with your photo (if you cannot provide these for any reason, please contact us to discuss other possible forms of ID) [Also see section 3 below]
If we do not receive an item of the information above it will likely limit how much of our systems we are able to search and therefore limit what we can restrict use of, or mean we are unable to continue with your request.
Our request for identification from you
Due to the nature of being a political party, we maintain a risk averse approach to anyone requesting to restrict the use of personal data within our systems and documentation.
To make sure that we can account for the risks associated to a restriction in using personal data, we ask everyone to verify their identity. We are allowed to do this in line with what the UK regulator, the ICO, says on their website.
We do apologise for any inconvenience this may cause but the various reasons for someone asking for personal data use to be restricted must be held to the same standard for all restriction requests we receive. We hope you agree that it is reasonable to expect this level of caution from a political party.
To successfully pass our identity verification process we ask that you send us a copy of any of the following:
- A copy of the photo page of your passport; or
- A copy of the photo side of your driving licence
If you cannot provide these for any reason, please contact us to discuss other possible forms of ID.
When we will stop using your personal data
Upon passing our identity verification process, we will stop using your personal data where:
- You believe, and we have confirmed, we’re using your personal data in an unlawful way and you want us to stop using it, but you do not want your personal data to be deleted; and
- We no longer need your personal data for the original reason we collected it, but you require us to keep it to make or defend a legal claim.
Where use of your personal data is restricted, as well as storing your personal data, we’ll only use it during the period of restriction for the following reasons:
- With your consent we have gained from you;
- If use is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
- If use is necessary for the protection of the rights of another person; or
- If use is necessary for reasons of important public interest, including for example, communicating with the UK data protection regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office.
How else to submit a request to restrict use
You can also submit your request for you’re the use of your personal data to be restricted by sending the required information via email to [email protected] or by post within a letter to:
Labour Statutory Data Protection Officer
The Labour Party, Southworks, 20 Rushworth Street, United Kingdom, SE1 0SS
About the right to request data portability
You can ask for any personal data that you have given to us so you can reuse your personal data for your own purposes across different services.
This right only applies where you have provided the information to us. Where relevant and upon successful identity verification, we’ll provide this information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format to you.
This right does not apply to anonymous data derived from personal data that we may hold about you.
When you submit a data portability request
To help us find the personal data to prepare for us to fulfil the portability request, you will need to provide us with:
- Your full name, email address, home address (including your postcode), and if you are a Labour Member, your membership number; and
- A copy of the photo page of your passport or the side of your driving licence with your photo (if you cannot provide these for any reason, please contact us to discuss other possible forms of ID) [Also see section 3 below]
If we do not receive an item of the information above it may be difficult for us to locate the data in the relevant systems, or may mean we are unable to continue with your request.
Our request for identification from you
Due to the nature of being a political party, we maintain a risk averse approach to anyone requesting a copy of personal data from our systems.
To make sure that we can account for the risks associated to the sharing of personal data, we ask everyone to verify their identity. We are allowed to do this in line with what the UK regulator, the ICO, says on their website.
We do apologise for any inconvenience this may cause but the various reasons for someone asking for any copy of personal data must be held to the same standard for all requests of this nature that we receive. We hope you agree that it is reasonable to expect this level of caution from a political party.
To successfully pass our identity verification process we ask that you send us a copy of any of the following:
- A copy of the photo page of your passport; or
- A copy of the photo side of your driving licence
If you cannot provide these for any reason, please contact us to discuss other possible forms of ID.
How to submit a portability request
You can submit your request by sending the required information via email to [email protected] or by post within a letter to:
Labour Statutory Data Protection Officer
The Labour Party, Southworks, 20 Rushworth Street, United Kingdom, SE1 0SS
What do we mean by automated decision-making?
Automated individual decision-making is a decision made by automated electronic programs using your personal data which will have a significant effect upon you. It does not involve any human beings.
In general, decisions which effect you legally, or have similarly significant effects, are not permitted using solely automated decision-making by a computer or algorithm. This is especially important if the decision involves the use of personal data.
You cannot object to automated decision-making when it is:
- necessary for entry into, or the performance of, a contract with you;
- required or authorised by law; or
- based on your explicit consent.
When automated decisions are made about you using your personal data, you have the right to be told:
- that our processing activity involves automated decision-making;
- the logic involved and the likely consequences of the processing for you;
- what measures and safeguards we’ve implemented to protect your privacy; and
- how to challenge or ask for a review of a decision.
You will be able to find out if we use any automated decision-making within the relevant privacy notice to you which you will be able to find here.
How to contest or request for an automated decision to be reviewed
To help us understand your request and find the personal data and relevant automated decision that is requested for review, you will need to provide us with:
- A description of the automated decision you think is taking place upon your personal data;
- Your full name, email address, home address (including your postcode), and if you are a Labour Member, your membership number; and
- A copy of the photo page of your passport or the side of your driving licence with your photo (if you cannot provide these for any reason, please contact us to discuss other possible forms of ID) [Also see section 3 below]
If we do not receive an item of the information above it may be difficult for us to reply to you, or may mean we are unable to continue with your request.
Our request for identification from you
Due to the nature of being a political party, we maintain a risk averse approach to anyone requesting knowledge about any uses of their personal data by us.
To make sure that we can account for the risks associated to this type of request, we ask everyone to verify their identity. We are allowed to do this in line with what the UK regulator, the ICO, says on their website.
We do apologise for any inconvenience this may cause but the various reasons for someone asking for any information about the use of their personal data must be held to the same standard for all requests of this nature that we receive. We hope you agree that it is reasonable to expect this level of caution from a political party.
To successfully pass our identity verification process we ask that you send us a copy of any of the following:
- A copy of the photo page of your passport; or
- A copy of the photo side of your driving licence
If you cannot provide these for any reason, please contact us to discuss other possible forms of ID.
How to question an automated decision
You can submit your request by sending the required information via email to [email protected] or by post within a letter to:
Labour Statutory Data Protection Officer
The Labour Party, Southworks, 20 Rushworth Street, United Kingdom, SE1 0SS
An explanation about data protection ‘consent’
In general, the Labour Party does not need your consent for most of its uses of your personal data. Where we do use your personal data on the basis of consent can be found in the privacy notices which you can access by clicking here.
Where the lawful basis for using your personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of our using of your personal data before you withdrew your consent.
If you have come to this page to withdraw your consent, we have a preference centre you can access by clicking here where you can make the change.
You can also withdraw your consent by clicking an ‘unsubscribe’ button located at the bottom of any marketing emails or other relevant email that we have sent you.
Consent is not required for our use of your personal data from our copy of the Electoral Register
All political parties are allowed access to the ‘Marked Register’ version of the Electoral Register (ER) without your consent. Unlike the ‘Open Register’ version of the ER which you are able to opt-out from, you are unable to opt-out from the ‘Marked Register’. The ICO have a good explainer for full details if you’d like to understand this more deeply: Use of the electoral register | ICO
Each political party is allowed to have access to the contact details on the Marked Register for their democratic engagement activities such as sending you mail through the post. This access is written into law under the ‘Representation of the People Regulations 2001’ and therefore political parties are not required to gain consent from you for this access.
Where access to your data on the ER is governed by a law for political parties, the use of your data found on the ER by a political party is governed under the term ‘democratic engagement’ activities as specified within Section 8(86) of the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA18).
The lawful basis under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for a DPA18 democratic engagement activity is a ‘task in the public interest’ otherwise known as ‘public task’. This also means political parties are not required to gather your consent for those uses of your personal data.
Democratic engagement includes using your personal data to conduct a political campaign where we may knock on your front door at your home or registered location to speak with you where we might:
- Ask you for voting preference score (who you are most likely to vote for in an election on a scale of 1-10);
- Ask if you if there are any local or national topics of interest to you;
- Ask you whether you would like direct contact with a local Labour MP or councillor (and take further details with your permission if you do);
- Where you are showing specific interest in Labour, ask if you might like to join Labour as a member, and provide you with the means to do so; and
- Where you are communicating specific interest in making any sort of financial contribution to Labour to help our cause, take some details and also gain your consent, so we can send information either electronically or in the post asking for donations or whether you would like to take part in things like the Labour Lottery and/or our raffle (you can opt out of this consent at any time).
No matter the setting of your contact preference within our copy of the ER, we are allowed to send you some election campaign materials in the post, even if you are not on the ‘Open Register’.
Apart from this, where you do not want us to contact you through the use of your personal data from the ER we can mark you as ‘do not contact’ (DNC) for everything else. You can do this via our ‘right to object’ webpage which you can get to by following this link.
Consent is not required for communications with you when you are a Labour Member
If you are a Labour member and unless you have used an ‘unsubscribe’ button or notified us of specific contact preferences at the point you became a member, we do not need to gain your consent to communicate anything to you.
As a member of Labour you also have a login to Labour Hub from which you can set your communication preferences as well.
How to withdraw consent when you contact the Data Protection Team
To help us understand who you are so we can take action based on your withdrawal of consent, you will need to provide us with:
- Your full name, email address, home address (including your postcode), and if you are a Labour Member, your membership number; and
- A copy of the photo page of your passport or the side of your driving licence with your photo (if you cannot provide these for any reason, please contact us to discuss other possible forms of ID) [Also see section 5 below]
When you send an email to [email protected] to withdraw consent and we do not receive an item of the information above, it may be difficult for us to remove consent for you due to the volume of personal data we hold, or may mean we are unable to continue with your request.
Our request for identification from you
Due to the nature of being a political party, we maintain a risk averse approach to someone requesting the removal of their consent outside of clicking an ‘unsubscribe’ button at the bottom of an email or directly accessing a contact preference centre we have provided access to, for you above.
To make sure that we can account for the risks associated to this type of request if you make the request via email to [email protected], we ask everyone to verify their identity.
We do apologise for any inconvenience this may cause but the various reasons for someone asking for consent to be withdrawn must be held to the same standard for all requests of this nature that we receive via direct email into [email protected]. We hope you agree that it is reasonable to expect this level of caution from a political party.
To successfully pass our identity verification process we ask that you send us a copy of any of the following:
- A copy of the photo page of your passport; or
- A copy of the photo side of your driving licence
If you cannot provide these for any reason, please contact us to discuss other possible forms of ID.
Another way to withdraw your consent
You can also submit your request by post by sending the required information within a letter to:
Labour Statutory Data Protection Officer
The Labour Party, Southworks, 20 Rushworth Street, United Kingdom, SE1 0SS
If you have come to this page to submit a Data Protection complaint to us, click here to go to the form you can complete which will act as your submission.
Allowing us the opportunity to deal with your complaint
If you want to raise a concern about the way we’ve handled your personal data, you can contact the Labour Data Protection Team by or clicking here to use our data protection complaints form, or by emailing [email protected] and outlining your concern.
Where you feel the level of concern is higher and you would like to make a complaint to the UK data protection regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), we ask that you give us the opportunity to address your complaint before this escalation, although we respect that you may still like to make your complaint to the ICO before coming to us and you do have a right to do so.
When you submit your complaint to us
You’ll normally need to include documents that prove your identity as well as a clear and precise description of your complaint or concern.
We process requests, complaints and concerns following the legal framework and statutory time scales, and we’ll let you know if we need more time.
If you do not hear from us by the latest due date, or are not satisfied with the response you have been given, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner.
Submit your complaint to the ICO
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the UK’s independent regulator responsible for upholding and enforcing the rights of individuals under data protection law.
You can submit your complaint to the ICO by either:
- Clicking here to access to ICO complaints tool; or
- By giving them a call on the ICO helpline: 0303 123 1113.
Further information about your rights are on the ICO website which can be accessed by clicking here.
Another way to submit a complaint to us
You can also submit your complaint by post by sending the required information within a letter to:
Labour Statutory Data Protection Officer
The Labour Party, Southworks, 20 Rushworth Street, United Kingdom, SE1 0SS