Information Commissioner urged to investigate Reform’s energy bills competition

Farage promises to pay your energy bills whilst harvesting sensitive voting data

Reform UK faces potential investigation over its energy bill competition which asks entrants to share private voting information

Reform UK accused of breaking data laws with latest competition gimmick

Reform UK are facing accusations of potentially breaching data protection laws with their latest competition gimmick. This week, Nigel Farage’s party announced a competition to win free energy bills for a year. Amid growing uncertainty over the impact the Iran war will have on energy prices in the UK, Farage has pledged to scrap VAT and green levies on household energy bills if Reform wins power. To promote the policy pledge, Farage launched a c…

Information Commissioner urged to investigate Reform’s energy bills competition

Reform UK says it will pay one British street’s energy bills for a year but campaigners fear it could breach data protection laws

Reform UK 'breaching law' with energy bill prize draw stunt

REFORM UK have been accused of breaching the law over a stunt in which the party pledged to cut the energy bills of one street in Britain.

Reform's latest data-mining stunt offering to pay the winner's electricity bill may not be legal, and we're all so shocked - 17 cynical side-eyes

If you thought Ed Davey had cornered the market in political stunts, you’ve clearly somehow missed the shenanigans in the Cirque de Reform. They seem to have more press conferences than the other parties combined, though we’re watching Restore Britain closely as they’re following a Reform-alike model, and we fully expect Rupert Lowe to try […] The post Reform’s latest data-mining stunt offering to pay the winner’s electricity bill may not be leg…

ICO must investigate Reform ‘competition’ for data protection breaches

The ICO must investigate a Reform UK ‘competition’ which asks the public to hand over details of their voting preferences in order to be eligible to win their energy bills being paid for a year. Digital campaigners, Open Rights Group have outlined a number of ways that the supposed competition breaches data protection law. Mariano delli Santi, Legal and Policy Officer at Open Rights Group said: “Reform are asking the public to hand over sensiti…