This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Set out how personal data can be used by political campaigns before the GE.
The news has today highlighted how political campaigns use data farmed from social media and data brokers, without the knowledge of those the data is about. This data is then used to influence the electoral campaign (including Brexit).
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has called on the Government to introduce a code of practice limiting how personal information can be used by political campaigns before the next general election.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. In particular we're not sure what you mean by "set out how personal data can be used".
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