This document outlines how Munira Wilson MP processes and manages personal data and:

1. Data Controller

The Data Controller is Munira Wilson MP

2. Contact

If you have any questions about this policy or for more information about how we use your data or would like to exercise any of your rights contact Munira Wilson MP.

3. Lawful basis for processing

All processing is carried out by consent or either under the legitimate interest of Munira Wilson MP, or public interest.  These cover processing to conduct casework, campaigning and communication.  Where processed under the lawful basis of a task carried out in the public interest, it is to support or promote democratic engagement.  This includes fundraising activity in order to support democratic engagement.

4. Data sources

Data held is provided by you when you contact us and correspondence with third parties in response to cases taken up on your behalf. We may also hold data that you provide when we contact you – for instance, if we ask you to participate in a survey or petition. If you do not wish for us to contact you by telephone please do not provide this information. We perform a database lookup automatically upon any form submission to include electoral boundary data. The Register of Electors that councils provide to authorised persons under the Representation of the People Act is also used for electoral purposes.

5. Data Security 

Personal data is stored electronically and securely. We ensure that our service providers comply with the same high standard that we do.

6. Special category data

Special category data will be processed under the lawful basis indicated in section 3, as is permitted in clauses 22, 23 and 24 of schedule 1 of the Data Protection Act, covering political parties and elected representatives.  

7. Transferring your data outside of the European Economic Area

The EU GDPR adequacy decision means that data can continue to flow between the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA). Some service providers are located outside of the EEA and therefore it may be necessary to transfer your personal data outside of the EEA. Where the transfer of your data outside of the EEA takes place we will make sure that it is protected in the same way as if the data was inside the EEA, and it only occurs with your consent.

We will use one of the following safeguards to ensure this:

Legally it is not permitted to transfer certain types of data, such as Electoral Register Data, outside of the EEA, and we honour that obligation.

8. Data retention policy

Personal data will be held for no longer than necessary. Some types of data may be held for longer than others. Typically, the maximum retention is two election cycles. Review of the data held will occur in each election cycle to determine whether it should be maintained for a further cycle or put beyond use.

9. Subject Access Requests

We will request verification of the identity of any individual making a request, ask for further clarification and details if needed and respond within one calendar month once we have confirmed it is a legitimate request. In accordance with ICO guidelines, we keep a log of Subject Access Requests that contains details of the request, including that which can identify you personally, indefinitely.

Data subjects have the right to the following:

10. Will we share your data with anyone else?

If you have contacted us about a personal or policy issue, your data may be passed on to a third-party in the course of dealing with your enquiry, such as local authorities, government agencies, public bodies, health trusts, regulators, and so on. Any third parties that we may share your data with are obliged to keep your details securely, and to use them only for the basis upon which they were originally intended.

We may need to share your data with a third party, such as the police, if required to do so by law.

Your personal data is only used as outlined here and within your reasonable expectations based on the nature of the communication, and recognising the need of politically related engagement in wider support of democratic engagement.

11. Data Rights

At any point you have the following rights:

12. Making a complaint

If you are unhappy with the way that we have processed or handled your data then you have a right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The ICO is the supervisory body authorised by the Data Protection Act 2018 to regulate the handling of personal data within the United Kingdom. The contact details for the ICO are:

If you have any questions about the data held please contact Munira Wilson MP via the contact information on this website.

Please note that proof of identity is required should you choose to exercise any of the above rights in relation to personal data.