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NHS Digital communications shadowing programme: GDPR information
Summary
Why and how we process your data within NHS Digital's Shadow Me Programme, and your rights.
| Controller | NHS Digital |
| How we use the information (processing activities) | Maintenance of a database for external communication professionals at other national bodies involved in health and care, who have applied to our shadowing programme to learn more about what we do. |
| Does this contain sensitive (special category) data such as health information? | No |
| Who are recipients of this data? |
None |
| Is data transferred outside the UK? | UK Only |
| How long the data is kept | 6 months minimum |
| Our lawful basis for holding this data | Consent |
| Your rights |
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| How can you withdraw your consent? |
Yes - via designated mailbox |
| Is the data subject to decisions made solely by computers? (automated decision making) | No |
| The legal basis for collecting this data | Consent |
