
UK major parties accused of using illegal personal information for campaigning
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A data rights group is accusing the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats of infringing the Data Protection Act 2018.
Open Rights Group has claimed the three UK biggest parties have used personal data without permission as part of their election campaign.
The organization has sent a letter to the parties over the issue. The document represents three individuals who have pledge the parties have used their data to obtain information for the campaign. The individuals urgent the parties give them an answer and stop processing their data.
Open Rights Group affirmed Tories, Labour, and Lib Dem had breached the Data Protection Act 2018. According to them, the Conservatives have used personal names and address to guess the age of one of the individuals...