Our contact details
If you are a located in the UK, please contact RCPCH using the details below if you wish to make a request or if you have a general enquiry.
Name: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)
Address: 5-11 Theobalds Road, London, WC1X 8SH
Phone Number: +44 (0)20 7092 6000
Email: Data Protection Officer (for privacy/data protection enquiries only): information.governance@rcpch.ac.uk
General enquiries can be sent via our contact form or contact the relevant team directly.
If you are located in the EEA (European Economic Area) or EU (European Union), you can contact DataRep if you wish to make a request under EU GDPR. Please visit our EEA and Swiss Representative page for more information.
What information do we collect about you?
Data protection law requires that we have one or more lawful bases to process your information. We will process your personal data only where we have your consent:
- “Consent” – we may ask for your consent to process your personal data. You can withdraw consent at any time.
We use iParl to collect and process your personal data with your consent:
- Name
- Email address
- Address or postcode
- Any additional personal information you voluntarily include in your message.
The information we collect from you is used to identify either the nation in which you are resident and / or your MP.
We may also use your contact details to keep you up to date about the campaign where you have consented to this. You can unsubscribe at any time by unsubscribing from the emails.
We do not use your personal data to make automated decisions or undertake profiling about you.
What do we do with your information?
We put security measures in place to ensure that your information is securely stored. Your information will be stored by iParl and held for up to one year unless you ask us to delete it sooner.
The information you share may be viewed by the Prime Minister, First Minister in Wales or Scotland or the party leadership in Northern Ireland as part of the open letter. It may also be viewed by RCPCH for moderation purposes.
RCPCH is the data controller of your information. We use an online campaigning tool, iParl (Organic Campaigns Ltd), to process your information. For more information about how Organic Campaigns uses your personal data, please see the Organic Campaigns privacy notice.
Transferring information outside of the UK
RCPCH will not transfer your information outside of the UK, however our data processor may transfer and process information in countries outside of the UK. Some of these countries, such as those in the EEA, will have an officially recognised equivalent level of protection to the UK (adequacy decision). A list of these countries can be found via the ICO website. Where there is no adequacy decision, we will take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that your information is protected by having in place a recognised safeguard with our partners and suppliers, such as regulatory approved Standard Contractual Clauses, Binding Corporate Rules or Codes of Conduct.
To find out more about any specific uses of information in countries outside of the UK, or for further information about the safeguards that we have put in place, please contact the RCPCH Data Protection Officer: information.governance@rcpch.ac.uk
Understanding GDPR and your data rights
Please read our page on Understanding GDPR and your data rights to see the full description of rights relating to your personal data. The page also explains common words and phrases used in our privacy notices, and describes our use of artificial intelligence (AI).
- Where you have consented to us using your personal data, you can withdraw consent at any time by contacting mediaandcampaigns@rcpch.ac.uk.
Please contact the RCPCH Data Protection Officer if you wish to make a request, contact details are at the top of this privacy policy. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
If you are located in the EU/EEA, wish to make a request, you can contact our EEA Representative, contact details are at the top of this privacy policy.
How to contact us or complain
If you are unhappy with how we are using your personal data, you should contact us in the first instance so that we can understand and try to resolve your concern. If we can't resolve the issue you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO). The ICO is the UK's independent body set up to uphold information rights.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the information we hold about you or you wish to make a complaint, please send an email to: information.governance@rcpch.ac.uk
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Changes to this privacy notice
We keep our privacy notice under review, and we will place any updates on this web page. This was last updated on 28 August 2025.