Consultation outcome

Privacy notice: independent review of political violence and disruption

Updated 21 May 2024

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

This notice sets out how we will use your personal data, and your rights. It is made under Articles 13 and/or 14 of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Why we are collecting the data

This review will be looking at the activities of such groups, focusing on the ways in which they can drive violence or criminality and cause disruption to people’s lives and social cohesion. It will also be looking into how the government and wider civil society should respond to these pressing issues drawing on lessons for the UK from the action taken by international partners to extreme political movements. Collecting views from the public, and from experts in the subject such as think tanks, academia, and community organisations as well as people working with local government and the police, will help to achieve the review to meet these aims on an issue of public interest.

Your personal data will be collected (where provided) as part of the call for evidence for the Political Violence and Disruption Review, which is being undertaken to increase the government’s understanding of the challenge posed by the Far-Left, Far-Right and other extreme political groups in the UK. It is also being collected so that we can contact you regarding matters covered in your responses, and for research purposes.

We will process the following personal data: name, email address, as well as opinions. We will also process additional biographical information about respondents or third parties where it is volunteered.

Legal basis of processing

The legal basis for processing your personal data is that it is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the data controller. In this case that is conducting research on the issues previously mentioned, or obtaining opinion data, in order to enhance the government’s understanding. The legal basis for processing your special categories of personal data, including data about criminal convictions, is that it is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest for the exercise of a function of the Crown, a Minister of the Crown, or a government department. The function is conducting research on the issues previously mentioned, or obtaining opinion data, in order to enhance the government’s understanding.

Special categories of personal data is personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation.

The legal bases that apply to this processing are:

• Article 6(1)(e) of the UK GDPR: the processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller
• Chapter 2 Section 8(d) of the DPA 2018: processing is necessary for the exercise of a function of the Crown, a Minister of the Crown or a government department
• Article 9(2)(g) of the UK GDPR: the processing of special categories of data (e.g data that reveals racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs) is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest on the basis of UK law
• Section 10(3) and paragraph 6, part 2 of Schedule 1 to the DPA 2018: the processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest and its purpose is the exercise of a function of the Crown, a Minister of the Crown or a government department

With whom we will be sharing the data

Where individuals submit responses, we may publish their responses, but we will not publicly identify them unless they have provided their consent for us to do so. We will endeavour to remove any information that may lead to individuals being identified.

Responses submitted by organisations or representatives of organisations may be published in full. Where information about responses is not published, it may be shared with officials within other public bodies in order to help develop the government’s understanding.

As your personal data will be stored on our IT infrastructure it will also be shared with our data processors who provide email, and document management and storage services.

We may share your personal data where required to be law, for example in relation to a request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

For how long we will keep the personal data, or criteria used to determine the retention period

Published information will generally be retained indefinitely on the basis that the information is of historic value. This would include, for example, personal data about representatives of organisations.

Responses from individuals will be retained in identifiable form for one calendar year after the consultation has concluded.

We will not use your data for any automated decision making.

Storage, security and data management

Your data was collected via the SmartSurvey platform and will be stored in a secure government IT system. It will also be shared with our data processors who provide email, and document management and storage services.

Where personal data have not been obtained from you

Your personal data was obtained by us from a respondent to a consultation.

Your rights

You have the right to request information about how your personal data are processed, and to request a copy of that personal data.

You have the right to request that any inaccuracies in your personal data are rectified without delay.

You have the right to request that any incomplete personal data are completed, including by means of a supplementary statement.

You have the right to request that your personal data are erased if there is no longer a justification for them to be processed.

You have the right in certain circumstances (for example, where accuracy is contested) to request that the processing of your personal data is restricted.

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data where it is processed for direct marketing purposes.

You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.

No personal data or any other form of this data will be shared internationally.

Contact details

The data controller for your personal data is Lord Walney.

Lord Walney
Independent Adviser on Political Violence and Disruption
The House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW

Email: review@lordwalney.uk

Complaints

If you consider that your personal data has been misused or mishandled, you may make a complaint to the Information Commissioner, who is an independent regulator.

The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

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

Telephone: 0303 123 1113

Email: casework@ico.org.uk

Any complaint to the Information Commissioner is without prejudice to your right to seek redress through the courts.