{UAH} CONMAN WASTES NO TIME: Investigation launched into unsolicited Boris Johnson emails

‎the second also included a plea for donations to help defeat Jeremy Corbyn

The Conservative Party is facing an inquiry by the UK's data protection watchdog after members of the public complained that they had received unsolicited emails from Boris Johnson asking for support and donations, The Independent has learned.

The message was cast as a personal letter, addressed to individuals by their first names and signed: "Yours sincerely, Boris Johnson, prime minister and leader of the Conservative party".

Under data laws, parties can only send electronic mailshot messages to individuals who have consented to receive such material.

But it is understood that a number of individuals have told the Information Commissioner's Office that they were not aware of ever having given their permission to the party to contact them.

An ICO spokesman told The Independent: "We have received a number of complaints concerning an allegedly unsolicited email communication from the Conservative Party and will be making enquiries."

The first set out "my plan for delivering Brexit and changing Britain", while the second also included a plea for donations to help defeat Jeremy Corbyn in the next general election. Both had Mr Johnson's signature at the bottom.

The woman - who asked not to be identified - said: "I was quite shocked because I have no sympathy for Boris Johnson's politics at all. It made me quite cross.

"I have no recollection of ever having given the Conservatives permission to contact me and I don't know how they got my email address. I think I signed a petition once that they were involved in, but it wouldn't be in my DNA to sign up to anything from the Conservative party."

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-email-investigation-data-donation-ico-conservative-party-a9022211.html?fbclid=IwAR0It36vWuhdr4PLh6qq-Udzfkyuobg4roVJD_Z3fkesSIFeJviFThAFhoY

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Investigation launched into unsolicited Boris Johnson emails

Complainants say they had not consented to receive message from new prime minister and do not know how their details were obtained

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