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Josh Babarinde (of 100 Seaside Road, BN21 3PF, phone: 01323 733030, email: josh.babarinde.MP@parliament.uk)  is committed to respecting and protecting your personal data. This policy explains who Josh Babarinde is, what personal data (“Data”) he collects, how he uses it, information on your rights, and how you can contact him. The way Josh Babarinde is able to process personal data is governed by the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018.

 

Who is collecting your data:

 

For the purposes of UK data protection law, Josh Babarinde is the Data Controller of all personal data sent to him by constituents in his capacity as the Member of Parliament for Eastbourne.

From 01 April 2019 elected representatives and prospective representatives (including police and crime commissioners) are exempt from paying a fee and registering with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). For more information on this visit: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/in-your-sector/political/

 

How your data is collected, used and stored:

 

When you contact Josh Babarinde seeking assistance with a casework issue or to ask a question about local or national policy issues you will be asked for some personal data to enable him and his office to respond.  

Josh Babarinde will use your data for the purposes for which you provide it. While Josh Babarinde MP will treat as confidential any personal information that you pass to him, he will normally allow staff and authorised volunteers to see it if this is needed to help and advise you. Josh Babarinde MP may pass on all or some of the information, unless requested otherwise, to agencies if this is necessary to help with your case. 

 

Josh Babarinde may wish to write to you from time to time to keep you informed on issues that you may find of interest. Please let him know if you do not wish to be contacted for this purpose. Josh Babarinde may share some of your data, including your name and email address, with the Liberal Democrats for the purpose of communicating with you.

 

Josh Babarinde takes the security of your data extremely seriously. Your data will be stored on secure servers in a locked and protected environment. Access to your personal data will be limited to Josh Babarinde and his staff for the purpose of dealing with your query/case and maintaining office records.

 

Categories of Personal Data collected may include:

  • Postal Address
  • Email Address
  • Phone Number
  • Correspondence related to your query/casework
  • Case or identification numbers related to your case or query

 

Who your data may be shared with:

 

When taking up casework or policy questions on your behalf, it may be necessary for Josh Babarinde and his office to share the personal data you provide with government departments, local authorities, and other public bodies. Josh Babarinde MP will only share as much information as is necessary to take your case forward.

 

Other than in the circumstances above, Josh Babarinde will not share your personal data with other organisations or individuals without your explicit consent.

 

How long your data will be kept:

 

Josh Babarinde and his office will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this policy. Unless you request otherwise, Josh Babarinde and his office will retain your data for up to five years after your case has been closed in case you get in touch again.

The legal basis for processing your data:

Under GDPR personal data can only be processed using a lawful basis defined in Article 6.

Josh Babarinde will process your data using the lawful basis of consent (Article 6a). Your data will be retained and processed in the future under the legal basis of Legitimate Interests (Article 6f) for the purpose of managing constituents’ casework and policy concerns effectively and/or the legal basis of task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller (Article 6e).

Special Category Data:

It may be the case that you disclose personal data classified as special category data under GDPR as part of your casework or policy concern. This may include information related to health, sexuality, race, ethnicity and religion. Under GDPR this data can only be processed using a lawful basis under Article 6 and a condition of processing defined in Article 9. Josh Babarinde MP will process such data under Article 6(a) (Consent) and Article 9(a) (Consent).

You have several rights in relation to your data and can choose how it is used. You can:

  • Obtain copies of the data we hold about you (known as a “subject access request”)
  • Request that we correct or update any data held about you
  • Withdraw your consent and ask that we delete your data or restrict the ways in which we use your data
  • Request that data you have given your consent for us to use is provided in an electronic format so it can be transferred to another data controller (known as “data portability”)
  • Opt-out of receiving further communications from us via any medium at any time.

You also have the right to make a complaint directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office. They can be contacted at: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/ and concerns can be also logged via: https://ico.org.uk/concerns

Please note that Josh Babarinde is not required to comply with Freedom of Information requests.

Contact us

 

If you would like more information on any of the above or have any questions about this policy, then please contact our data protection representative by emailing Josh.babarinde.mp@parliament.uk or by phoning the office on 01323 733030.

 

Changes to our Privacy Policy

 

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and as such it may be updated from time to time so you should check it each time you submit personal information to us. The date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page. If you do not agree to these changes, please do not continue to use this website to submit personal information to us. If material changes are made to this privacy policy we will notify you by placing a prominent notice on our website.

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