Privacy Policy

Paul McLennan is the Member of The Scottish Parliament for East Lothian. His website address is: https://paulmclennan.scot.

This privacy notice explains how my office collects and uses personal information about individuals.

My office address and contact details are:
Address: 5a Mitchell’s Close, Haddington, EH41 3NB
Email: paul.mclennan.msp@parliament.scot

Notification

How I use your personal data:

I process any personal data under the requirements of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (the DPA).

What is personal data?

Personal data is any information from which a living individual can be identified.

I will hold all personal data securely, I will only use it for the purposes it was collected or acquired for and I will only pass it on to third parties with your consent or according to a legal obligation.

Further information about data protection legislation and your rights as enshrined in law is available here: https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/is-my-information-being-handled-correctly/

If you contact me with an inquiry or a complaint, I will normally need to store your contact details to deal with your inquiry or complaint. This is considered to be normal category data under the UK GDPR.

The legal basis for processing personal data:

Data protection law states that I must have a legal basis for handling your personal data. The permitted legal bases can be found in the UK GDPR and the DPA.

I retain personal data for the period that is necessary to carry out casework on behalf of my constituents, work on issues and campaigns I am involved in, and to maintain supplier information, expenses, accounts and associated records.

Your rights

The UK GDPR sets out the rights which individuals have in relation to personal information held about them by data controllers. These rights are listed below, although whether you will be able to exercise each of these rights in a particular case may depend on the purpose for which the data controller is processing the data and the legal basis upon which the processing takes place.

• Access to your information – You have the right to request a copy of the personal information about you that I hold.
• Correcting your information – I want to make sure that your personal information is accurate, complete and up to date and you may me to correct any personal information about you that you believe does not meet these standards.
• Deletion of your information – You have the right to ask me to delete personal information about you where:
  • You consider that I no longer require the information for the purposes for which it was obtained
  • I am using that information with your consent and you have withdrawn your consent.
  • You have validly objected to my use of your personal information – my use of your personal information is contrary to law or our other legal obligations.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Cookies

Changes to my privacy statement

I keep this privacy statement under regular review and will place any updates on my website. Paper copies of the privacy statement may also be obtained using the contact information above.

Contact information and further advice

Any requests regarding the details mentioned in this privacy notice can be sent to Paul McLennan MSP at::

5a Mitchell’s Close
Haddington
EH41 3NB

This privacy statement was last updated on 19 January 2024.