These terms apply to your service’s use of GOV.UK Notify. You must be the service manager to accept them.
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<h2class="heading-medium">When using Notify</h2>
<p>You must:</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 Service Manual standards for <ahref="https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/design/sending-emails-and-text-messages">writing text messages and emails</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 legislation</li>
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<p>If you don’t keep to these terms, we might have to stop sending your messages.</p>
<p>Notify will:</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">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>