GDPR Privacy Statement 

Reform UK Washington & Gateshead South Branch, Reform UK Sunderland Central Branch, and Reform UK Houghton & Sunderland South Branch process and control personal data on behalf of the Reform Party UK. Under Articles 13 and 14 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we are required to publish this information in clear and plain language.
Contact Details

Reform Party UK may be contacted via:
•     Website: https://www.reformparty.uk/contact
•     Postal Address: Millbank Tower, 21–24 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP, United Kingdom

Transparent Information
The reasons, purposes, and retention periods for which we process personal data — including the lawful basis or legitimate interest — are set out in detailed tables maintained by Reform Party UK. These cover data obtained both directly (e.g. petition signatures, membership forms) and indirectly (e.g. electoral register data).
Profiling

Reform Party UK may create and maintain a profile for each registered voter in the UK by merging the Electoral Register with other lawfully available data. This is used to support political campaigning and community engagement.
•     You may request that no profile be maintained in your name by contacting us using the details above.
•     For more information, you may wish to read the ICO’s draft framework code of practice for the use of personal data in political campaigning.

Compliance
Reform UK will respect the wishes of the people and comply fully with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), including the requirements for political parties set out in the ICO’s report Democracy Disrupted (11 July 2018).

Your Rights
Under data protection law, you have the following rights:
•     Access – to request copies of your personal information.
•     Rectification – to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
•     Erasure – to request deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances.
•     Restriction – to request limits on how your data is processed.
•     Object – to object to processing in certain circumstances.
•     Data Portability – to request transfer of your data to another organisation or to yourself.
•     Free of Charge – you will not be charged for exercising your rights. We will respond within one month.

To exercise these rights, please contact us via https://www.reformparty.uk/contact or by writing to our Data Protection Officer at the address above.

Data Processing and Storage
We use trusted service providers to host and process your information on our behalf. These providers are contractually bound to comply with GDPR and act only on our written instructions. Reform Party UK remains the data controller at all times.

Data Sharing
We will never sell your information or share it with another organisation for non‑party purposes.

Your Right to Complain
If you are unhappy with how we use your data, you can raise your concerns with us directly. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO):
•     Website: https://ico.org.uk
•     Telephone: 0303 123 1113
•     Postal Address: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF