Open Rights Group6h agoReform UK's Cut My Bills 'competition' breaches transparency obligations under data protection law.
People are asked to hand over data about their voting preferences for a chance to get their bills paid. All with no explanation of how personal data will be used.
The ICO must investigate.
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Open Rights Group6h agoThere's no specific privacy policy for Reform UK's 'competition', only their general one that lacks detail.
We can't know what they'll do with the data they collect.
This is a breach of transparency, and may indicate they're also unlawfully repurposing the data collected for other electoral purposes.
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Open Rights Group6h agoHow people have voted before and how they might in the future is special category data.
Reform UK gives no legal basis for asking this.
Free and fair elections depend on trust, transparency and genuine consent. Not competitions for material benefit that blur the line between campaigning and profiling.
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