Buried deep in the Conservative’s manifesto is a commitment to regulating how people’s data is being used. In short, it promises to “give people new rights to ensure they are in control of their own data”. However, if the Tories firmly believe that use of people’s data should be used ethically, why won’t they answer simple questions about whether or not they’re using it for the UK's 2017 general election? The alleged database that Vote Leave built from the EU referendum campaign is the central issue here. A filing to the electoral commission states that Vote Leave intends to delete the database one year after the referendum, three weeks after the election.

Source: Forbes May 31, 2017 11:15 UTC