Reform UK's Cut My Bills 'competition' breaches transparency obligations under data protection law.

People are asked to hand over data about their voting preferences for a chance to get their bills paid. All with no explanation of how personal data will be used.

The ICO must investigate.

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https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/ico-must-investigate-reform-competition-for-data-protection-breaches/

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ICO must investigate Reform ‘competition’ for data protection breaches

The ICO must investigate a Reform UK ‘competition’ which asks the public to hand over details of their voting preferences in order to be eligible to win their energy bills being paid for a year.

Open Rights Group

There's no specific privacy policy for Reform UK's 'competition', only their general one that lacks detail.

We can't know what they'll do with the data they collect.

This is a breach of transparency, and may indicate they're also unlawfully repurposing the data collected for other electoral purposes.

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How people have voted before and how they might in the future is special category data.

Reform UK gives no legal basis for asking this.

Free and fair elections depend on trust, transparency and genuine consent. Not competitions for material benefit that blur the line between campaigning and profiling.

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