Privacy

Privacy Policy

I am the MP for Birkenhead. As your MP, it is essential that my office and I can keep in touch with constituents about my work, take up casework on their behalf and ask for views on local issues.

As a Labour MP, I also have access to other information that I or my office, or volunteers working with me, will use for campaigning purposes or communicating with Labour Party members. Regarding that information, the Labour Party is the data controller, and you should consult their privacy policy (https://labour.org.uk/privacy-policy/) for details of what information they hold, why, and how they use and process that information.

This page explains how I collect and use personal data, the legal basis for doing so and provides information about your rights regarding your data for which I am the data controller.

My data protection officer can be contacted at stuart.whittingham@parliament.uk or 0151 650 5494.

Data collection and use

The office of Mick Whitley MP will only collect and use personal information for the specific purpose it has been obtained.

I will undertake casework using personal information provided by or on behalf of a constituent. It may be necessary for me to share your information with third-party organisations. I will only do where necessary and reasonable to do so, and I will share only the minimum amount of personal data required to advocate on your behalf. Please see the “who I share your information with” section for further details.

When registering with this website or completing a form or survey sent to you by my office, you may be asked for personal information. In each case, I will ask for your explicit consent to use your information, and I will only use it for the purposes you provide it.

I may communicate by post, email, phone or text message about my work and give you the latest news on my campaigns and opportunities to get involved. I have a legal entitlement to the full electoral register for my constituency, which includes every registered elector's full name and address. I may write to you in connection with my activities as an MP.

I will only send emails, texts, or contact you by telephone where you have provided explicit consent for me to do so. You may withdraw your consent or unsubscribe at any time from communications in any medium by contacting our Data Protection Officer or by using the unsubscribe option I provide in all communications.

I will not use personal data for any automated decision making or profiling.

Who I share your information with:

When I take up casework on your behalf, I may need to share the details you provide with government departments, local authorities, and other public bodies. I will only share as much information as is essential to take your case forward. If you have any questions or concerns about how the information you provide as part of a casework request is used, please contact my Data Protection Officer for more information.

In the circumstances above, I will not share personal information with other organisations without your explicit consent.

To communicate with you about my work as the MP for Birkenhead Constituency, I may need to transfer personal information to countries or jurisdictions outside the EU. In each case, I will take steps to ensure that the suppliers I use comply with the General Data Protection Regulation or are subject to the Privacy Shield scheme agreed between the European Union and the United States.

Retention of personal data

I will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this policy. Information relating to casework will only be retained as long as it is required to resolve or otherwise complete your request. However, I may retain a minimum amount of information about closed cases if you contact me again for the help.

If you have consented to receive information about my work, I will only retain your personal information so long as I am the MP for Birkenhead Constituency, or you ask not to be contacted further.

I will regularly review the personal information I hold to ensure that its use is necessary and proportionate.

IP Addresses and Cookies

This site does not automatically capture or store personal information, other than logging the user’s IP Address or the location of your computer or network on the Internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. I also use IP addresses in the aggregate to track which pages people visit to improve the site's quality.

A cookie is a tiny text file that is stored on your computer. Cookies may be used to tailor your experience on this site according to your specified preferences. Cookies on this website do not contain personally identifiable information other than your IP address, which itself is only very rarely enough to identify you as an individual.

Links to other websites:

This website contains links to other websites. I am not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these websites.

Your rights:

You have a number of rights concerning your personal information and the opportunity to choose how it is used. You can:

Obtain copies of the personal information I hold about you (known as a “subject access request”)
Request that I correct or update any personal information held about you
Ask that we erase or restrict how I use your information.
Request that personal information you have given your consent for me to use is provided in an electronic format so it can be transferred to another data controller (also known as “data portability”)

You may opt out of receiving further communications from me in any medium at any time. All requests to unsubscribe are dealt with promptly and in all cases within a week.

If you wish to exercise your rights in respect of your data or have any concerns about how your information is used, please get in touch with my Data Protection Officer:

Stuart Whittingham

Office of Mick Whitley MP. The Lauries Centre, 142 Claughton Road, Birkenhead, CH41 6EY

mick.whitley.mp@parliament.uk

0151 650 5494

Alternatively, you have the right to raise any issues or concerns directly with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

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Email: mick.whitley.mp@parliament.uk