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NHSmail use by NHS Digital: GDPR information
Summary
Why and how we process your data within NHSmail, and your rights.
| Controller | NHS Digital |
| How we use the information (processing activities) | NHSmail is the chosen email service for NHS Digital. Account details are required to manage access to the system. NHS Digital sends and receives confidential information during the course of its activities. |
| Does this contain sensitive (special category) data such as health information? | Yes |
| Who are recipients of this data? |
None |
| Is data transferred outside the UK? | Outside Europe - Account Details |
| How long the data is kept | 180 days from account identified as inactive |
| Our lawful basis for holding this data | Public task |
| Your rights |
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| How can you withdraw your consent? |
Consent not the basis for processing |
| Is the data subject to decisions made solely by computers? (automated decision making) | No |
| Where does this data come from? | Within and external to NHS Digital |
| The legal basis for collecting this data | Public task and Health and Social Care Act (2012) – Schedule 18, part 10 (1) |
Where we use this data
NHSmail
NHSmail is the national secure collaboration service for health and social care in England. It includes a full suite of collaboration and productivity tools based on Microsoft Office 365, such as Outlook for email and calendar, Teams for instant messaging and video calls, and Office for documents and spreadsheets.