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Respond to an NHS cyber alert (formerly CareCERT collect): GDPR information
Summary
Why and how we process your data within CareCERT collect, and your rights.
| Controller | NHS Digital |
| How we use the information (processing activities) | Provision of cyber and data security services to the health and care system. Data collection of internet protocol (IP) data to carry out non-intrusive vulnerability scanning, user details to contact them about the output of IP scanning or other cyber matters, senior information risk owner (SIRO) details to provide a escalation point when required, and intelligence on alerts to focus our limited resources on sites needing our support during a cyber incident. Data collected also helps us determine the scope of a cyber incident when it occurs. |
| 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? | No |
| How long the data is kept | 20 years after no longer required |
| 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? | Networking device |
| The legal basis for collecting this data | Public task and Health and Social Care Act (2012) – Schedule 18, part 10 (1) |
