This Privacy Policy describes how Camden People’s Alliance (“we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses, and protects information. We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about our data practices.
When you visit our website, certain information is automatically collected, including: - Browser type and version - Operating system - Device type (desktop, mobile, tablet) - Screen resolution - Date and time of visit
If you become a member by submitting our membership form, we require you to provide your name and contact details. You also have the option of providing your postal address, trade union membership, skills and any other information you would like to share regarding your experience and views. We will use this optional information to send you more relevant information about our activities and ways to get involved. We collect and process all the above information on the basis of your consent.
If you are a member or donor, we will collect your financial information in order to process your payments to us. We process this information on the basis of contract.
We may also need to report donations over certain thresholds to the Electoral Commission, check permissibility of donors under election law (e.g. verifying UK residency) and for HMRC compliance. We process this information on the basis of legal obligation.
If you are one of our volunteers or a campaigner from an allied organisation with whom we are working or intend to work, you may volunteer your information to us for organisational purposes. We will retain such information so we can continue our work with you, build our networks and keep you informed. We collect and process this information on the basis of legitimate interest.
If you are a pundit, journalist, influencer, elected official or other individual with a public profile, we may collect your information if it is publicly available, and use it to contact you for organisational or media purposes. We collect and process this information on the basis of legitimate interest.
We currently do not use any non-essential cookies or similar technologies on our web site. We will update this Privacy Notice if that position changes in the future.
We will never sell your data but sometimes it is necessary to share your information, either within the wider organisation, with other organisations or individuals who share our values and aims and with whom we are campaigning, with our service providers or with regulatory bodies. Data is only ever shared where we have a lawful basis to do so.
We may share data with:
The wider Camden People's Alliance organisation such as our working groups and local hubs
Allied trade unions
Elected representatives who support Camden People's Alliance
Campaigns that support Camden People's Alliance
Service providers (incl. accountants, HR consultants, lawyers)
Online platforms (incl. SeaTable, Google, Mailchimp, WhatsApp)
Regulatory bodies (incl. ICO, Electoral Commission etc)
We may, from time to time, share limited amounts of your information with allied and trusted organisations for the purposes of joint campaigning. This is done strictly under the supervision of Camden People's Alliance's Coordinating Group, for specific, limited purposes that support our legitimate interest in furthering our campaign goals. We will only do this where we are confident it does not override your data protection rights and freedoms, and where appropriate safeguards are in place.
In Camden People's Alliance, only those volunteers authorised to process your data can access it. We make sure that volunteers see only the data that is necessary to perform their tasks.
Our file management system primarily relies on Google Workspace which we organise into distinct shared drives each of which have appropriate access settings for relevant volunteers.
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the limited information we collect against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
Under the GDPR you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Right to be informed – You have the right to be told how we use your personal data. This privacy notice is part of fulfilling that right.
Right of access – You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification – You can ask us to correct or complete inaccurate or incomplete data.
Right to erasure – In certain circumstances, you can ask us to delete your personal data. This is also known as the “right to be forgotten”.
Right to restrict processing – You can request that we limit how we use your data in certain circumstances.
Right to data portability – You have the right to receive your data in a commonly used, machine-readable format, and to ask that we transfer it to another organisation.
Right to object – You can object to our use of your data where we rely on legitimate interests or carry out direct marketing.
Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling – You have rights where automated processing significantly affects you, though we do not typically engage in such processing.
To exercise any of these rights, or if you have questions about how we process your personal data, please contact us at: camdenpeoplesalliance@gmail.com.
If you ask for your data to be erased, we will in some cases temporarily transfer your data to a secure backup until we can safely destroy it.
If you are not satisfied with how we respond, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at www.ico.org.uk.
Our website is not directed to children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
We may need to transfer your data to jurisdictions outside the UK. Such international transfers will invariably take place in the context of using digital platforms whose servers are in foreign jurisdictions. Such platforms we use include:
Google (Google Workspace)
SeaTable
Mailchimp
We aim where practical to always use platforms whose servers are in jurisdictions that are the subject of an adequacy decision under Art. 45 of the GDPR or, in the case of America, a company that is self-certified under the Data Bridge. Further, or in the alternative, we expect such platforms to adopt appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses or binding corporate rules.
We may need to process more sensitive types of personal data known as special category data under the UK GDPR. This includes data revealing political opinions, trade union membership, health, sexual orientation, religious or philosophical beliefs, and racial or ethnic origin. For more on what counts as special category data, see the Information Commissioner’s Office website here.
If you become a member, your membership may indicate your political opinion and therefore qualify as special category data. We rely on your explicit consent to process your data, including communicating with you and managing your membership.
If you sign up as a member and we record special category data—such as disability, sexual orientation, or political opinions—for the purpose of assigning you suitable tasks or supporting your role, we process this data under Art. 9(2)(d): as part of our legitimate activities as a not-for-profit with a political aim, and only in relation to members, former members, or others in regular contact with us.
Where you have manifestly made special category data public (e.g. if you’re a pundit discussing your sexuality in public), we may rely on that as a lawful basis for processing.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify users of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Email: camdenpeoplesalliance@gmail.com
Last Updated: 05/08/2025