Terry Jermy MP Privacy Notice 

Privacy Notice 

Terry Jermy MP is committed to protecting your personal data. This notice explains what personal data (“Data”) Terry collects; how he uses it; information on your rights, and how you can contact him. The way Terry Jermy MP is able to process personal data is governed by the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018. 

Who is collecting your data? 

Terry Jermy is the Member of Parliament (MP) for South West Norfolk. For the purposes of UK data protection law, Terry Jermy MP is the Data Controller of all personal data sent to him by constituents in his capacity as the Member of Parliament for South West Norfolk. 

How is your data collected, used and stored? 

When you contact Terry Jermy MP seeking assistance with a casework issue, to ask a question about local or national policy issues, or any other matter related to his role as the MP for South West Norfolk, you will be asked for some personal data to enable him and his office to respond. 

Terry Jermy MP will only use your data for the purposes for which you provide it. 

Terry Jermy MP takes the security of your data extremely seriously. Your data will be stored on secure servers in a locked and protected environment. Access to your personal data will be limited to Terry Jermy MP and his staff for the purpose of dealing with your enquiry and maintaining accurate case records. 

Categories of Personal Data Collected 

The types of personal data collected may include: 

1. Postal Address 

1. Email Address 

1. Phone Number 

1. Correspondence related to your issue / question 

Who will your data be shared with? 

When taking up casework or policy questions on your behalf, it may be necessary for Terry Jermy MP and his office to share the personal data you provide with government departments, local authorities and other public bodies such as, but not limited to 

• Government departments 

• The House of Commons 

• Local authorities 

• Healthcare providers such as NHS, Doctors’ surgeries, Dentists’ surgeries and private medical companies 

• The police 

• Private housing providers 

• Private companies and/or suppliers 

Terry Jermy MP will only share as much information as is necessary to progress your case. 

Other than in the circumstances above, Terry Jermy MP will not share your personal data with other organisations or individuals without your explicit consent. 

Surveys & Constituent Feedback 

Terry Jermy MP may also seek the views of constituents on specific topics via surveys. The information that he gathers may include general and special category data. Terry uses Mailchimp to manage survey responses, and their privacy notice can be found here: Data Privacy | Mailchimp. Comments provided through surveys will not be published without explicit consent. 

Terry Jermy MP may also collate information during roundtable and consultation events to inform discussions with ministers, decision making and policy scrutiny and such information will be anonymised prior to dissemination.  

How long will your data be kept? 

Terry Jermy MP and his office will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this notice. Terry Jermy MP and his office will retain your data for up to 5 years after your case has been closed in case you get in touch again. After 5 years your data will be deleted. 

The legal basis for processing your data 

Under GDPR, personal data can only be processed using a lawful basis defined in Article 6. 

Terry Jermy MP will process your data using the lawful basis of consent (Article 6(a)) and Public Task (Article 6(e)). Your data will be retained under the legal basis of Legitimate Interests (Article 6(f)) for the purpose of managing constituents’ casework and policy concerns effectively. 

Special Category Data 

It may be the case that you disclose personal data classified as special category data under GDPR as part of your casework or policy concern. This may include information related to health, sexuality, race, ethnicity and religion. Under GDPR this data can only be processed using a lawful basis under Article 6 and a condition of processing defined in Article 9. Terry Jermy MP will process such data under Article 9(2)(g) ‘reasons of substantial public interest’.  

What your rights are 

You have several rights in relation to your data and can choose how it is used. You can: 

• Obtain copies of the data we hold about you (known as a “subject access request”) 

• Request that we correct or update any data held about you 

• Withdraw your consent and ask that we delete your data or restrict the ways in which we use your data 

• Request that data you have given your consent for us to use is provided in an electronic format so it can be transferred to another data controller (known as “data portability”) 

• Opt-out of receiving further communications from us via any medium at any time. 

• You also have the right to make a complaint directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office. They can be contacted at: https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/and concerns can be also logged via: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/. 

How to contact us 

Terry Jermy MP is responsible for overseeing the data protection standards within his MP’s office. If you have any queries regarding the information set out here, if you wish to exercise any of your rights set out above or if you think that it has not been followed, please contact: 

Terry Jermy MP 

House of Commons 
London 
SW1A 0AA 
 

1. [email protected]
2. 01842 669439

 

You can also use these contact details, marked for the attention of the Constituency Office Manager, if you wish to lodge a formal complaint about any matter covered here. 

Changes to our Privacy Notice 

We keep our privacy notice under regular review and as such it may be updated from time to time so you should check it each time you submit personal information to us. The date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page. If you do not agree to these changes, please do not continue to use this website to submit personal information to us. If material changes are made to this privacy notice, we will notify you by placing a prominent notice on our website. 

[Updated 18 September 2025]