<p>To go live on GOV.UK Notify, you must accept the data sharing and financial agreement (memorandum of understanding).</p>
<p><ahref="{{url_for('.feedback', ticket_type='ask-question-give-feedback')}}">Contact us</a> to get a copy of the agreement or find out if your organisation has already accepted it.</p>
<p>To accept these terms of use, you must be the service manager for your service.</p>
<h2class="heading-medium">Notify’s side of the agreement</h2>
<p>We agree to:</p>
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<li>send all the messages you pass to us, as long as they meet our guidelines</li>
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show how Notify is performing (through our <ahref="https://www.gov.uk/performance/govuk-notify">performance</a> and <ahref="https://status.notifications.service.gov.uk/">status</a> pages)
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<li>keep your data <ahref="{{ url_for('.security') }}">secure</a></li>
<li>give you one month’s notice by email if we change our terms of use or delivery providers</li>
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<h2class="heading-medium">Your side of the agreement</h2>
<p>You agree to:</p>
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<li>complete your organisation’s information assurance process (you don’t need to include Notify or our delivery partners, we’ve already done that)</li>
<li>tell us immediately if you have any security breaches</li>
<li>keep your API keys secure</li>
<li>get the right levels of consent (to send messages and to use data)</li>
<li>not send unsolicited messages, only ones related to a transaction or something the user has subscribed to be updated about (<ahref="https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/design/sending-emails-and-text-messages">check the Service Manual</a> if you’re not sure)</li>
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send messages that meet the GOV.UK <ahref="https://designpatterns.hackpad.com/Notifications-5vuitmNqIjZ">design patterns</a>, <ahref="https://www.gov.uk/topic/government-digital-guidance/content-publishing">style guide</a> and <ahref="https://www.notifications.service.gov.uk/information-security">information security guidelines</a></li>
<li>not send messages containing any personally or commercially sensitive information</li>
<li>check that the data you add to Notify is accurate and complies with Data Protection Act principles</li>
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<p>If you don’t keep to your side of the agreement, we might have to stop sending your messages.</p>
<h2class="heading-medium">Leaving Notify</h2>
<p>You can leave Notify at any time. Just <ahref="{{url_for('.feedback', ticket_type='ask-question-give-feedback')}}">contact us</a> and we’ll close your account.</p>
<p>When you leave Notify, all your data will be deleted.</p>