Electoral register and email addresses

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Open Rights Group

Dear Stratford on Avon District Council,

I am interested to know whether:

(a) You hold personal email addresses as part of your Electoral Register, and if so,

(b) how many emails you hold in the Electoral Register;

(c) What the source or sources of these emails is;

(d) Whether you have included all or some portion of these emails as part of the datasets you gave to election candidates at the 2019 General Election;

(e) If so, how many emails were supplied;

(f) Whether you supplied email details in other prior elections.

Yours faithfully,

Jim Killock
Open Rights Group

Info, Stratford on Avon District Council

 

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FOI Response #14409
FOI #14409
Dear Jim Killock

Further to your request, please see the responses below:

(a) You hold personal email addresses as part of your Electoral Register,
and if so,

Yes

(b) how many emails you hold in the Electoral Register;

We cannot ascertain this.

(c) What the source or sources of these emails is;

The electors themselves have given these e-mails when they
(i) register to vote via the Government website e-mailed the Elections
Office;
(ii) completed Invitations to Register; or
(iii) if they have e-mailed the Elections Office

(d) Whether you have included all or some portion of these emails as part
of the datasets you gave to election candidates at the 2019 General
Election; No - the electoral register supplied to candidates/agents does
not include e-mail addresses.

(e) If so, how many emails were supplied; None

(f) Whether you supplied email details in other prior elections. No - see
(d) above.

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. An internal review request should be
submitted in writing within 40 working days of receiving the original
reply and should be addressed to:
Phil Grafton, Monitoring Officer, Stratford-on-Avon District Council,
Elizabeth House, Church Street, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 6HX.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.

Regards
Freedom of Information Officer
Stratford-on-Avon District Council

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