Any changes to how Political Parties use our data must be properly scrutinised by the UK Parliament.

The UK Data Use and Access Bill must be amended, so a statutory instrument to create a recognised legitimate interest for sharing personal data can’t be applied to Political Parties.

Read more

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/democracy-groups-warn-of-threat-henry-viii-powers-pose-to-future-election-integrity/

“A few months before the General Election, Lucy Powell MP, now the Leader of the House, talked of Labour’s commitment to “doing legislation better”, with “better planning, better drafting and better scrutiny”.

The Henry VIII powers contained in the Bill mean the DUA Bill [UK] fails to deliver on those commitments. It must be amended so that it does.”

Tom Brake – Director of Unlock Democracy.

“Political Parties are stuck in an arms race as to how they can use data to reach and influence potential voters in order to win elections.

It’s therefore vital that there are clear and fair rules for how Political Parties are allowed to use our data."

@JamesBaker – ORG Programme Manager on Henry VIII powers in the UK Data Use and Access Bill.

If changes were made before an election, there may be insufficient time for the Information Commissioner's Office or Electoral Commission to issue guidance to Political Parties on any new ‘recognised legitimate interest’ basis to process voter data for election purposes.

This could undermine the integrity of a UK General Election.

The UK Data Use and Access Bill gives the Secretary of State discretion to determine and vary the conditions under which personal data can be processed

These changes could be timed to the advantage of the governing Party over its opponents

Read our letter https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/joint-letter-henry-viii-powers-in-data-use-and-access-bill-could-undermine-election-integrity/

Four years ago, human rights campaigner Tanya O’Carroll took on social media giant Meta when they refused to stop collecting and processing her personal data for targeted advertising.

In March 2025, Meta settled and agreed to honour O’Carroll’s right to object.

Now it's your turn to opt-out.

Use our tool to #StopStalkerAds (UK residents)

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/meta-opt-out

One thing I want to be 100% clear on about this: they are NOT required to do a tracking popup. They want you to believe that they are so you'll be angry and demand that privacy laws go away.

Specifically, they are required to ask permission before using tracking. They could... just not use tracking by default, then they don't have to ask. There literally could just not be a popup at all and the site would be legal -- if it just simply didn't track you.

@puppygirlhornypost2 OFC not.

The fact that their #Govware hasn't been banned by @bsi for #NatSec and @EUCommission for #GDPR violations speaks volumes about said organizations...

”Kära minderårig, vi använder något som kallas cookies och det ska du bara acceptera. Vi tänker inte informera dig om dem eller inhämta ett giltigt samtycke. Skitunge!”

Kakor innebär delande av IP-adress. Om inte enbart sessionskakor på förstapart är det definitivt en personuppgift om en minderårig.
Ifall frågan liknar en samtyckesfråga är det deras val enligt GDPR 6.1. Som förälder bör jag kunna häva samtycket och be om info hur de utför den rättelsen i alla IT-system.

Det här ska bli intressant!
#GDPR #Kaklagen

@ueeu about #Spotify an interesting summary(in German but I am sure you can translate it): https://die-flaschenpost.de/2024/12/22/warum-spotify-fuer-piraten-ein-no-go-sein-sollte