{"id":541,"date":"2021-11-08T19:57:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T19:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sirenmag.net\/?p=541"},"modified":"2021-11-08T19:57:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T19:57:29","slug":"labour-party-shoots-itself-in-both-feet-labour-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sirenmag.net\/index.php\/2021\/11\/08\/labour-party-shoots-itself-in-both-feet-labour-data-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour Party Shoots Itself in Both Feet \u2013 Labour Data Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Sir Keir Starmer became leader I left the Labour Party, after rejoining and campaigning strongly for the Corbyn-led party in 2017 to 2019. I didn’t bother resigning, just stopped my Direct Debit and left it at that.<\/p>\n

To my horror and surprise, I received an email on 3rd<\/sup> November 2021, saying that the Labour Party has transferred my details to a third party without my consent and there has been a serious data breach. This has ignited a huge social media furore, as it appears thousands of members and ex-members may had had their data lost or stolen, which presumably includes banking details. #LabourDataBreach<\/b><\/p>\n

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Legally, the party has a duty to keep this safe, and ask us before any transfer to a third party, under GDPR, so the party, already in a parlous economic state, if facing serious legal investigations, fines and possibly class actions.<\/p>\n

As I understand it, the Labour Party itself is an unincorporated association, which means that the leading people are actually liable. If that is the case I rather think I am going to enjoy taking Sir Keir and his henchman dribbling David Evans to court, not to mention sending in the Crown Bailiffs (who have more powers than normal bailiffs).<\/p>\n

The new new Labour Party under Sir Keir Starmer keeps getting itself into more and more trouble. Is this the final curtain for a once-great progressive political party?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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