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Soph0571

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2. I am on the voter register

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #1)

Thu May 2, 2019, 05:12 PM

May 2019

But I voted to go blind....so my name is not out there with anyone. We have a law called GDPR where people cannot contact you unless you opt in. I think I might report them to the Data Commissioner.

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This was on my doorstep when I came home tonight.. [View all] Soph0571 May 2019 OP

How does voter registration work there? PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #1

I am on the voter register Soph0571 May 2019 #2

The parties that are standing get to send a leaflet to everyone muriel_volestrangler May 2019 #4

So GDPR does not apply? Soph0571 May 2019 #5

Not as far as I know. I don't think the parties are allowed to keep your details muriel_volestrangler May 2019 #6

That's the price of being a voter - election leaflets from tossers muriel_volestrangler May 2019 #3

Send it back to them without a stamp, so they'll have to pay the postage! LeftishBrit May 2019 #7

That's my usual tactic whenever the Tories waste their paper on me. Denzil_DC May 2019 #8

Most political parties have been preoocupied with local elections T_i_B May 2019 #9