What information do we collect?
We keep records about potential and actual electors, voters, citizens, candidates and their agents, staff employed at an election or by the ERO and the people we need to pay. These may be written down or kept on a computer.
We have a legal obligation to gather specific information to assess your eligibility for voting and to register you as a legitimate voter. This includes:
- your name, address, nationality and date of birth
- the other occupants in your home
- unique identifiers such as National Insurance number and signature (for checking postal votes)
- if you are over 76 years of age or under 18
- whether you have chosen to opt out of the open version of the register of electors.
Other information we collect as part of an application may include:
- your email address and/or telephone number
- Your previous or any redirected address
- scanned application forms and/or notes about any relevant circumstances that you may have told us about
In addition, if you work for the RO on election duties or for the ERO for registration duties these may also include:
- tax status
- next of kin / emergency contact details
- details of previous employment.
- If you are a candidate at an election, an appointed agent at an election or a campaigner we may also hold these details:
- political party affiliation
- campaign group affiliation.