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Privacy Statement
This privacy statement is for the website www.bambos.org.uk and served by Bambos Charalambous and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it.
The policy sets out the different areas where user privacy is concerned and outlines the obligations & requirements of the users, the website and website owners. Furthermore, the way this website processes, stores and protects user data and information will also be detailed within this statement.
This website and its owners take a proactive approach to user privacy and ensure the necessary steps are taken to protect the privacy of its users throughout their visiting experience. This website complies to all UK national laws and requirements for user privacy.
Our updated privacy policy can be found here: https://www.bambos.org.uk/privacy-policy/
How we use your information
This privacy statement tells you how Bambos Charalambous MP will collect and use your personal data for cookies, profiling, complaints, subscriptions, etc.
Use of Cookies
This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. Where applicable this website uses a cookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer / device. This complies with recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user’s computer / device.
Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computers hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website. Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors.
This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computers hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google’s privacy policy here for further information [ http://www.google.com/privacy.html ].
Other cookies may be stored to your computers hard drive by external vendors when this website uses referral programs, sponsored links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved or collected.
Contact & Communication
Users contacting this website and/or its owners do so at their own discretion and provide any data at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until a time it is no longer required or has no use, as detailed in the Data Protection Policy – GDPR available below. Every effort has been made to ensure a safe and secure form- to- email submission process but users using this processes do so at their own risk.
This website and its owners use any information submitted to provide you with further information about the services they offer or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have submitted. This includes using your details to subscribe you to any email newsletter program the website operates but only if this was made clear to you and your unambiguous consent was granted when submitting any form-to-email process.
This is by no means an entire list of your user rights in regard to receiving email marketing material.
Your details are not passed on to any third parties for marketing purposes.
Email Newsletter
This website operates an email newsletter programme. This is used to inform subscribers about the work of, Bambos Charalambous MP. Users can subscribe through an online automated process should they wish to do so but do so at their own discretion. Some subscriptions may be manually processed where there has been unambiguous written consent with the user.
Subscriptions are taken in compliance with UK Spam Laws detailed in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003. All personal details relating to subscriptions are held securely and in accordance with the GDPR 2018. No personal details are passed on to third parties nor shared with companies / people outside of the company that operate this website. Under the GDPR 2018, you have a number of rights including the right to access your data or right to withdraw consent. Please review the Data Protection Policy – GDPR available below to exercise these rights.
Email marketing campaigns published by this website or its owners may contain tracking facilities within the actual email. Subscriber activity is tracked and stored in a database for future analysis and evaluation. Such tracked activity may include; the opening of emails, forwarding of emails, the clicking of links within the email content, times, dates and frequency of activity [this is not a comprehensive list]. This information is used to refine future email campaigns and supply the user with more relevant content.
In compliance with UK Spam Laws and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, subscribers are given the opportunity to un-subscribe at any time through an automated system. This process is detailed at the footer of each email campaign. If an automated un-subscription system is unavailable clear instructions on how to un-subscribe will be detailed instead.
External Links
Although this website only looks to include quality, safe and relevant external links, users are advised adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website. (External links are clickable text / banner / image links to other websites, similar to; http://www.theipsa.org.uk)
The owners of this website cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website despite their best efforts. Users should therefore note they click on external links at their own risk and this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Social Media Platforms
Communication, engagement and actions taken through external social media platforms that this website and its owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.
Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution in regard to their own privacy and personal details. Bambos Charalambous MP will not ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss personal matters to use primary communication channels such as by telephone or email.
This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account. Pixel codes are used to promote the work of Bambos Charalambous MP from this website onto social media platforms.
Shortened Links
This website and its owners through their social media platform accounts may share web links to relevant web pages. By default, some social media platforms shorten lengthy urls [web addresses] (this is an example: http://bit.ly/zyVUBo).
Users are advised to take caution and good judgement before clicking any shortened urls published on social media platforms by this website and its owners. Despite the best efforts to ensure only genuine urls are published many social media platforms are prone to spam and hacking and therefore this website and its owners cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any shortened links.
Contact information: bambos.charalambous.mp@parliament.uk
As the MP for Southgate and Wood Green, my staff and I keep in touch with constituents about my work, to take up casework on their behalf and to ask for views on local issues.
This Privacy Notice explains how I will collect and use personal data, the legal basis for doing so and provides information about your rights in respect of your personal data. As holder of that data I am called the Data Controller.
I manage your data in line with responsibilities under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), as supplemented by the Data Protection Act 2018.
As the Data Controller, I can be contacted on bambos.charalambous.mp@parliament.uk or by writing to Bambos Charalambous MP, 472 Green Lanes, Palmers Green, London N13 5PA.
Data collection and use
The office of Bambos Charalambous MP will only collect and use personal information for the specific purpose for which it has been obtained.
Policy enquiries and casework (personal problems) enquiries bring with them information provided by a constituent and/or on behalf of a constituent.
It may be necessary for my office to share your information with third party organisations. This will only be shared when it is necessary and reasonable to do so. My office will share only the minimum amount of personal information necessary to ensure that an enquiry is handled efficiently or to advocate on your behalf.
Please see the “who I share your information with” section for further details.
How we collect your personal data
Where you provide personal information, it will only be used for the services you requested.
My office will collect your personal data when you:
- contact the office with an enquiry or about a campaign.
- respond to surveys, questionnaires, or evaluations.
- participate in a surgery.
- agree to receive communications such as newsletters or social media subscriptions.
- submit information to register for an event.
When registering with my website or by completing a form or survey sent to you by my office, you may be asked for personal information. In each case, I will ask for your explicit consent to use your information, and I will only use it for the purposes for which you provide it.
I may communicate by post, email, phone, or text message about my work and to give you the latest news on my campaigns and opportunities to get involved. I have a legal entitlement to the full electoral register for my constituency, which includes the full name and address of every registered elector, and I may write to you in connection with my activities as an MP.
I will only send emails, texts or contact you by telephone where you have provided explicit consent for me to do so. You may withdraw your consent or unsubscribe at any time from communications in any medium by contacting me as the Data Controller or by using the unsubscribe option I provide in all communications.
I will not use personal data for any automated decision making or profiling.
Who I will share your information with:
When I take up casework on your behalf, it may be necessary for me to share the details you provide with government departments, local authorities, and other public bodies. I will only share as much information as is necessary to take your case forward. If you have any questions or concerns about how information you provide as part of a casework request is used, please contact me as the Data Controller for more information.
Other than in the circumstances above, I will not share personal information with other organisations without your explicit consent.
To communicate with you about my work as the MP for the Southgate and Wood Green constituency, it may be necessary for me to transfer personal information to countries or jurisdictions outside the EU. In each case, I will take steps to ensure that the suppliers used comply with the General Data Protection Regulation or are subject to the Privacy Shield scheme agreed between the European Union and the United States.
For further information see: UK Parliament website privacy notice – UK Parliament
How long do we keep your data for?
I will only keep your personal data for as long as is necessary for the purpose it was collected and to fulfil the purposes described in this policy. All personal data is collected on a secure electronic system. Any paper documents supplied to me are scanned onto the electronic system in the data subject’s file and securely destroyed or returned to the ‘data subject’ in the post, if return has been requested. There are no paper records kept in my office. You are advised to retain your own copies of correspondence, should you wish to keep a record of your case.
I may retain information about closed cases if you contact me again for help. I may delete information that I consider repetitive to hold minimal personal data. Personal data will be disposed of securely.
Cases will be kept for a maximum of two years after the last meaningful contact between my office and a constituent. Cases will only be kept beyond two years if I have reason to keep the file or if the constituent has asked that case is retained.
If you have consented to receive information about my work, I will only retain your personal information so long as I am the MP for the Southgate and Wood Green constituency, or you ask not to be contacted further.
I will regularly review the personal information I hold to ensure that its use is necessary and proportionate.
WEBSITE & SOCIAL MEDIA
IP Addresses and Cookies
My website does not automatically capture or store personal information, other than logging the user’s IP Address or the location of your computer or network on the Internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. I will also use IP addresses in the aggregate to track which pages people visit in order to improve the quality of the site.
A cookie is a tiny text file that is stored on your computer. Cookies may be used to tailor your experience on this site according to the preferences you have specified. Cookies on this website do not contain personally identifiable information, other than your IP address, which itself is only very rarely enough to identify you as an individual.
Links to other websites and organisations:
If this website contains links to other websites I am not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these websites.
Social Media Platforms
Communication, engagement, and actions taken through external social media platforms that this office, website and its owners participate on are custom to the terms and conditions as well as the privacy policies held with each social media platform respectively.
Users are advised to use social media platforms wisely and communicate / engage upon them with due care and caution regarding their own privacy and personal details. I will not ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms and encourage users wishing to discuss personal matters to use primary communication channels such as by email or telephone.
This website may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web pages to the social media platform in question. Users are advised before using such social sharing buttons that they do so at their own discretion and note that the social media platform may track and save your request to share a web page respectively through your social media platform account. Pixel codes are used to promote my work from this website onto social media platforms.
Your rights:
You have several rights in relation to your personal information and the opportunity to choose how it is used. You can:
- Obtain copies of the personal information I hold about you (known as a “subject access request”).
- Request that I correct or update any personal information held about you.
- Ask that we delete or restrict the way in which I use your information.
- Request that personal information you have given your consent for me to use is provided in an electronic format so it can be transferred to another data controller (also known as “data portability”).
You may opt out of receiving further communications from me in any medium at any time.
All requests to unsubscribe are dealt with promptly.
If you wish to exercise your rights in respect of your personal data or have any concerns about how your data is used, please contact me as Data Controller.
Bambos Charalambous MP, 472 Green Lanes, London N13 5PA
bambos.charalambous.mp@parliament.uk
Alternatively you have right to raise any issues or concerns directly with the Information Commissioner’s Office. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
Changes to this notice
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. In that case the ‘last updated’ date at the top of this page will also change. Any changes to this privacy notice will apply to you and your data immediately.
Version 4.0 Updated 16 April 2026