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Protecting your information<\/h1>\n

Please be assured that the information about you and your treatment is kept very securely.<\/p>\n

Everybody associated with the study completes training around data and information protection before working with study data. Everyone signs forms to say that they will treat study data confidentially.<\/p>\n

Digital information<\/h2>\n

Information is sent to the studies via a secure web-based system. Our data and information security is reviewed for use by NHS Digital (formerly Health and Social Care Information Centre; HSCIC) who make sure that our security standards are acceptable for handling digital information.<\/p>\n

The University of Manchester has its own policies which can be found on the IT Services website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Paper-based information<\/h2>\n

Any information that we hold on paper is kept locked and safe at the study offices. The offices have a 24-hour security service and are protected by an alarm system.<\/p>\n

There is no public access to these offices and no identifiable information is ever left on desks or on a computer screen unattended.<\/p>\n

Governance<\/h2>\n

The study can be examined at any time by organisations including NHS Digital, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), and The University of Manchester, to make sure that it is being run safely and correctly.<\/p>\n

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)<\/h2>\n

You may be aware that new data protection laws have been recently introduced in the UK, known as the GDPR.<\/p>\n

It is important that you know how we use your personal data and what your rights are under the law; a new \u2018transparency sheet\u2019 has been developed to explain this further.<\/p>\n