GDPR Data processing modelPolitical Communication

PrivatePolitical communication

This processing activity concerns the sending of political communications (e.g. electoral campaign materials) to individuals whose personal details have been sourced from the open electoral register, within the context of an election or democratic engagement activity. The processing aligns with political campaigning as recognised under UK GDPR Recital 56 and Section 8(e) of the Data Protection Act 2018. Access to the open electoral register is permitted for political purposes under the Representation of the People Regulations 2001.

Purposes (1)

A purpose is the objective pursued by the setting up of your file. It indicates what the processing of personal data will be used for, its purpose. This purpose must be clear and understandable

Sending political campaign materials to voters

Legitimate interest

Art. 6(1)(f) applies only if the data comes from the open register. Political parties may also rely on Art. 6(1)(e) (public task). Requires a documented Legitimate Interests Assessment (LIA) and clear transparency information.

Data categories (1)

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. A natural person can be identified either directly (eg surname and first name) or indirectly (eg phone number, social security number, email or postal address, but also voice or image)

List from the electoral roll

Data details

Personal physical addressrequired

First namerequired

name

required

Data conservation rules

Active base:

Duration of the election period only.

Complies with principle of data minimisation. Should be deleted after conclusion of the election activity.

Destruction

Data subject (1)

A data subject is any person whose data is collected, retained or processed by the data processing. e.g. In a recruitement process, any candidate for a position proposed in recruitement management process

Citizens

Created at:07/08/2023

Updated on:06/21/2025

Nb using:0

GDPR Data processing modelPolitical Communication

Purposes (1)

Data categories (1)

List from the electoral roll

Data subject (1)

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