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<p class="MsoNormal">MEDIN would like to inform you that MEDIN are this afternoon deleting user information from the MEDIN Standards distribution list, in order to be compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anyone who is currently on the MEDIN Standards mailing distribution list but who has not yet given active consent for MEDIN to retain their email address will have to have their registration removed.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If, after the end of today, you wish to re-register, please use the appropriate link on
<a href="http://www.medin.org.uk/data-standards">http://www.medin.org.uk/data-standards</a> or contact
<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="mailto:sgaf@bodc.ac.uk">Sean Gaffney, MEDIN</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sean Gaffney<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><b><span style="color:#00B0F0;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr Sean Gaffney</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Manager, MEDIN Standards and Guidelines Work Stream<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> Joseph Proudman Building, 6 Brownlow Street Liverpool L3 5DA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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