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any personal information you give to us in accordance with the site'
s privacy policy, terms and conditions and the statements below. We shall
not disclose your personal information to any third parties without
obtaining your prior consent unless we are required by law to do so.
In particular:
- When signing up for a personal account, you will have an option to
submit personal information, including postcode, age, date of birth,
phone number, email address, mobile phone number. In addition you may
submit information about your diet and lifestyle, including drinking or
exercise habits. By submitting this information, you consent to NHS
Choices using it for the purpose of offering relevant content to you on
the website and, if you so chose, by email.
- Additionally, you may submit health information, including your
height and weight, or declare your interest in one or more health goals,
conditions or treatments. By submitting this information you explicitly
consent to NHS Choices using the information, or any information we may
infer from it, to provide relevant content and information to you in your
account pages or, if you so chose, by email.
- From time to time, NHS Choices may wish to use the information you
submitted for research purposes or producing statistics. With your
permission, academic institutions may occasionally use our data in
relevant studies. In these instances, we shall inform you in advance and
you will have the choice to opt out of the study. The information that is
used will be made anonymous and will be confidential.
- We occasionally send invitations to take part in surveys to people with accounts who have signed up for emails. These are infrequent and entirely optional and any data we collect is held in accordance with our privacy policy.