Privacy Policy

This website: https://chuka.org.uk/ ("Website") is the property of Chuka Umunna and for the purposes of data protection laws he is the data controller. He is committed to ensuring that your privacy is respected and you can be assured that your Personal Data (“Data”) will only ever be used for the purpose(s) for which it is provided. This Privacy & Cookies Policy (“Policy”) explains how the Data that he collects, or that you provide to him, will be processed.

What Data may be collected

Your Data, including your name, postal address, email address, phone number and any other information you provide; records of any correspondence; and information about your computer or device, including your IP address and cookie information.

How Data may be collected

Chuka Umunna uses different methods to collect Data from and about you including:

Direct interactions - Data you provide Chuka Umunna through corresponding with him via post, telephone and email.

Automated interactions - Data collected via cookies (a cookie is a tiny text file that is stored on your computer or other device) - including analytics cookies provided by companies such as Google - to tailor your experience on this Website according to the preferences you have specified. Our cookies do not contain personally identifiable information. For information on cookies please visit: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ and to opt-out of having your data used by Google Analytics visit: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. This Website does not automatically capture or store your Data, other than logging your IP Address or the location of your computer network on the Internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. This Website also uses IP addresses in the aggregate to track which pages are visited to improve the visitor experience.

Who Data may be shared with

Chuka Umunna will not, without your explicit consent, share or sell your personal data with any third party. He will, though, comply with legal requests where disclosure is required or permitted by law (for example to law enforcement agencies for the prevention and detection of crime, subject to such bodies providing him with a relevant request in writing).

How long Data will be kept for

Data sent to or collected by Chuka Umunna will be kept for a maximum of ten years after your last interaction with him.

The Legal Basis for collecting and processing Data

The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018 provides a list of reasons that your Data may be collected and processed. These reasons are known as 'Legal Basis'.  Chuka Umunna uses the following legal basis:

Direct interactions: For direct interactions he uses GDPR Article 6(f) Legitimate Interests and in some instances GDPR Article 6(b) For the purpose of entering into a contract.

Automated interactions: For automated interactions he uses GDPR Article 6(a) Consent. 

Your rights over your Data

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

  • Obtain copies of the Data held about you (known as a “subject access request”)
  • Request a correction or update to any Data held about you
  • Withdraw your consent and ask that your Data is deleted or restrict the ways in which your Data is used
  • 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, 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/.

Links to third party websites

The Website contain links to websites owned and operated by other organisations. These third party websites have their own privacy and cookie policies and we urge you to review them. They will govern the use of personal data that you submit or which is collected by cookies whilst visiting these websites. We cannot accept any responsibility or liability for the privacy practices of such third party websites and your use of such websites is at your own risk.

How you can contact Chuka Umunna

If you would like more information on any of the above, or have any questions about this policy, then please contact Chuka Umunna via email to info@chuka.org.uk.

Changes to this Policy

This Policy regularly reviewed and as such it may be updated from time to time so you should check it each time you submit Data to Chuka Umunna. 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 submit Data to him. If material changes are made to this Policy a notification will be prominent placed on the Website.

This policy was last updated on 12 April 2021