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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar Political editor

HISTORICAL FACTS: Labour glitch put voting intentions data of millions at risk - Caught on Camera

Hand filling in voting slip
Labour has taken down its Dialogue system while it investigates. Photograph: Hennell/Alamy

The voting intentions of millions of Britons in local authority wards across the country could have been at risk of misuse as a result of a glitch in the Labour party’s main phone-banking system, the Guardian understands.

Experts had warned that the sensitive data could potentially have been harvested via an automated program and used for targeted election interference by campaign groups or even hostile states.

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