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

Contact details

Post

Communist Party of Britain, Croydon Labour & Trade Union Centre, 23 Coombe Road, CROYDON, CR0 1BD,

Telephone

02086 861 659

Email

info@communistparty.org.uk

What information we collect, use, and why

We collect or use the following information to provide services and goods, including delivery:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Date of birth
  • Purchase or account history
  • Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)
  • Account information
  • Website user information (including user journeys and cookie tracking)
  • Information relating to compliments or complaints

We collect or use the following information for the operation of customer accounts and guarantees:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)
  • Purchase history
  • Account information, including registration details
  • Information used for security purposes
  • Marketing preferences

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

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Marketing preferences
  • Location data
  • Purchase or viewing history
  • IP addresses
  • Website and app user journey information
  • Records of consent, where appropriate

We collect or use the following information for research or archiving purposes:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Location data
  • Purchase or viewing history
  • IP addresses
  • Website and app user journey information
  • Personal information used for administration of research
  • Personal information used for the purpose of research
  • Records of consent, where appropriate

We collect or use the following information to comply with legal requirements:

  • Name
  • Contact information
  • Identification documents
  • Financial transaction information

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)

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

  • Racial or ethnic origin
  • Political opinions
  • Trade union membership
  • Sexual orientation information

We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:

  • Names and contact details
  • Address
  • Payment details
  • Account information
  • Purchase or service history
  • Relevant information from previous investigations
  • Customer or client accounts and records
  • Financial transaction information
  • Correspondence

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.               

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. You can read more about this right here.

Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. You can read more about this right here.

Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. You can read more about this right here.

Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. You can read more about this right here.

Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. You can read more about this right here.

Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. You can read more about this right here.

Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can read more about this right here.

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

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

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide services and goods are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the operation of customer accounts and guarantees are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

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

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

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

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for legal requirements are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

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

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:

  • Consent – we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Where we get personal information from

  • Directly from you

How long we keep information

The length of time each category of data will be retained will vary depending on how long we need to process it for, the reason it was collected, and in line with any statutory requirements. After this point the data will either be deleted, or we may retain a secure anonymised record for research and analytical purposes.

Who we share information with

Others we share personal information with

  • Organisations we need to share information with for safeguarding reasons
  • Professional or legal advisors
  • Relevant regulatory authorities
  • External auditors or inspectors
  • Organisations we’re legally obliged to share personal information with
  • Emergency services

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

14 August 2024