Privacy Policy

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This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

We have a joint controller relationship with the Social Democratic Party for the purpose of our work with the Social Democratic Party as a Youth Wing. We are responsible for directly communicating with the party's younger members (under 30). 

The Young Social Democrats, 272 Bath Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G2 4JR, GB

[email protected]

What information we collect, use, and why.

We collect or use the following information for service updates or marketing purposes:

• Names and contact details
• Addresses
• Records of consent, where appropriate

We collect or use the following information for recruitment purposes:

• Contact details (eg name, address, telephone number or personal email address)
• Date of birth
• Employment history (eg job application, employment references or secondary employment)
• Education history (eg qualifications)
• Details of any criminal convictions (eg Disclosure Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland checks)

We also collect or use the following information for recruitment purposes:

• Political opinions

Lawful bases

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for service updates or marketing purposes are:

• Consent

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for recruitment purposes are:

• Consent

Where we get personal information from:

• People directly

How long we keep information:

The Young Social Democrats keep information on our members and staff for as long as they are members of the Social Democratic Party. Members who fail to renew membership, cancel their membership or specifically request the deletion of their information will have their information deleted. 

Information on individuals will not be kept after this period, our membership is consistently reviewed at monthly intervals.  

Who we share information with &

Others we share personal information with:

• Organisations we need to share information with for safeguarding reasons
• Publicly on our website, social media or other marketing and information media (where appropriate)
• Other relevant third parties:
  • The Social Democratic Party.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal data.

Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal data you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal data in certain circumstances.

Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal data you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent.

You don’t usually need to pay a fee to exercise your rights. If you make a request, we have one calendar month to respond to you.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

How to complain:

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:           

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

Last updated

31 May 2024