Are there any legal people here who could answer a few questions about the legality of this list?
1- The list is held/created by a political party candidate so surely this list must comply with data protection rules given its political in nature?
2- what’s the legality of a political party candidate using such a list to not only silence women but also people in the constituency they plan to run for?
3- data protection has very specific rules on the holding of data especially when that data includes names, locations and sexual orientation. There are many women on that list using real names, their town locations and declaring their sexual orientation primarily leabians. Does this list fall under those rules?
It is created and presumably ‘held’ in the UK given who created it.
4- could the list be considered a form of deformation of character given everyone on it is labelled a ‘terf’?
5 does the list cause any issue with regards to the equality act (I think) given its mostly women and highly sexist?
6 what about safeguarding if there are under 18s on that list? Holding data on children is a different kettle of fish surely?
7- Are there any other issues such a list could cause given its held and used by people in positions of power to primarily silence an oppressed class - women?
8- what rules must political party candidates adhere to when creating lists of this nature?
This list has existed for a while and I can’t find anybody information whether it’s legal, whether there are any conflicts or if the latests GDPR rules apply. Specifically because of who created it and it’s intent.