<p>GOV.UK Notify is provided by the Government Digital Service (GDS) which is part of the Cabinet Office.
Our job is the digital transformation of government.</p>
<p>We are a centre of excellence in digital, technology and data, collaborating with departments to help
them with their own transformation. We work with them to build platforms, standards and digital services.</p>
<p>GOV.UK Notify is a service that lets public service teams in the UK send emails, text messages, and letters
to users of their service.</p>
<p>Organisations sending notifications using GOV.UK Notify are the data controller and Cabinet Office is the data processor.</p>
<p>For the credentials used to access GOV.UK Notify, Cabinet Office is both the data controller and data processor.</p>
<p>For more information see the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) <ahref="https://ico.org.uk/esdwebpages/search">Data Protection Public Register</a>.
The Cabinet Office registration number is: Z7414053</p>
<h2class="heading-medium">What data we need</h2>
<p>The personal data we collect from public sector employees that create a GOV.UK Notify account will include:</p>
<ulclass="list list-bullet">
<li>Your name</li>
<li>Your email address</li>
<li>Your mobile phone number</li>
<li>The IP address you use to access GOV.UK Notify</li>
</ul>
<p>The legal basis for processing this data is public task – allowing you to access GOV.UK Notify to send notifications
to users of your public service.</p>
<h2class="heading-medium">Why we need your data</h2>
<p>We require your personal data to ensure only legitimate users of GOV.UK Notify can use it to send notifications.</p>
<h2class="heading-medium">What we do with your data</h2>
<p>We use your data to check that you are allowed to access GOV.UK Notify and to record your activity when using it.</p>
<p>We will not:</p>
<ulclass="list list-bullet">
<li>sell or rent your data to third parties</li>
<li>share your data with third parties for marketing purposes</li>
</ul>
<p>We will share your data if we are required to do so by law – for example, by court order, or to prevent fraud or other crime.</p>
<h2class="heading-medium">How long we keep your data</h2>
<p>We will retain your personal data for as long as you have a GOV.UK Notify account.</p>
<h2class="heading-medium">Where your data might go</h2>
<p>Our IT infrastructure and technology has been validated from inception to delivery with supporting contracts to ensure
compliance with all data sharing activities.</p>
<p>Your personal data will not be transferred outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) throughout the course of its
processing at GDS or any third party suppliers.</p>
<h2class="heading-medium">How we protect your data and keep it secure</h2>
<p>We are committed to doing all that we can to keep your data secure. To prevent unauthorised access or disclosure we have
put in place technical and organisational procedures to secure the data we collect about you – for example, we protect your
data using varying levels of encryption. We also make sure that any third parties that we deal with have an obligation to
keep all personal data they process on our behalf secure.</p>
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