The Official Monster Raving Loony Party (the Loony Party) is a not-for-profit organisation so is not required to register with the ICO. However we still adhere to the principles of the General Data Protection Regulations.
The Loony Party collects and processes data on our Consumers as required to fulfil our contractual obligations and legitimate interests. The data which is collected includes their name, address and payment details.
The processing that this is subject to, is limited to writing said name and address on an envelope, and entrusting it to the care of Royal Mail.
The collected data may include, but is not limited to, loony name, real name, address,
shoe size, payment details, election results, social media profiles, political affiliation etc.
This data is processed to enable membership packs to be posted, membership status to be confirmed, as well as membership renewals, retention, and election administration.
Any personal data held by the Loony Party is secured using industry grade encryption, and/or Mark Beech’s handwriting. Only Officers of the Loony Party have the authority to view or process personal data, in accordance with this privacy policy. No personal data is sold, shared, exported, purchased or remixed into dance anthems.
The Loony Party does not retain personal data on former members beyond ten years or two election cycles, for instance, as of 25th May 2018, the cut off date is 6th May 2010.
Ordinary Members have an obligation to ensure their details are correct at their annual renewal, extraordinary members (life members) should inform the party of their up to date details at least every 5 years.
To respond to Subject Access Requests, an Officer of the party will need to see some proof of identity, in addition to, or in place of your Loony Party ID card. Where we are unable to link a Loony name to a real name we may be unable to provide any personal data, in accordance of these terms.