Privacy policy

Last updated: August 2023

When you visit our website, www.labourtogether.uk, use our services and attend our events, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy notice, we describe our privacy policy. 

This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our website (such as www.labourtogether.uk), and/or any related services, marketing or events (we refer to them collectively in this privacy policy as the "Sites").

Who we are

Labour Together is a campaigning think tank generating bold ideas for Britain.

Our registered address is at Langley House Park Road, East Finchley, London, N2 8EY. You can contact us by email at info@labourtogether.co.uk

Types of data we collect

Personal Data

While using our Sites, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email Address

  • First name and last name

  • Phone number

  • Usage Data 

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using Our Sites.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Sites. 

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Sites and store certain information. Tracking technologies are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and improve and analyse Our Sites. The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.

  • Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. 

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through our Sites and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use our Sites, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use our Sites.

How we use your personal data

We may use the data we collect for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Sites, including monitoring the usage of our Sites.

  • To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, or SMS if You request to be contacted specifically. We may also follow up with You following your attendance at one of Our events.

  • To send You our newsletter through the contact details you provide to us.

  • For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our campaigns and evaluating and improving our Sites.

We may share Your personal information with Third Party Partners in the following situations:

  • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

  • When You have attended a public, joint event: We may share attendance information, including contact details, when You attend a public event we host with a Third Part Organisation. 

Retention of Your Personal Data

We will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Sites, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

Access to your personal information

You have the right to delete or request a copy of the information we hold about you.  To request a copy of your information, please email our Data Protection Officer (DPO) at eleri.kl@labourtogether.co.uk

Rights of individuals

Labour Together uses and protects the data of UK and EU citizens under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This provides a legal framework for protecting your data and for granting you rights over your data. In summary, you have the following rights:

  • The right to be informed

  • The right of access

  • The right to rectification

  • The right to erase

  • The right to restrict processing

  • The right to data portability

  • The right to object

Rights in relation to automated decision-making and profiling

How can you contact us about this policy?

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO), Eleri Kirkpatrick-Lorente, by email at eleri.kl@labourtogether.co.uk.

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address:  

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

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113