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Before you finalise the MoU, all blue text must be deleted.\nAll text in black is pre-populated. If the OGD/External organisations require changes to these sections, please seek advice from the Data Sharing and Protocols Team (DSPT)\n1. Participants to the MoU\nWho are the Participants to the MoU?\nPlease update 1) and 2) below.  In addition to the Departmental information you must also provide details of the respective business units responsible for delivering the information sharing activity described in the MoU.\n1) THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT of 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF, the “Home Office” specifically [Insert name of specific Home Office business unit entering into the data sharing arrangement] hereafter referred to as (Insert abbreviation for specific department here] throughout this document.\n2) [Enter the name and registered address of the OGD/External Organisation] hereafter referred to as [insert abbreviation for OGD/External Organisation here] throughout this document.\nCollectively the Home Office and [Insert OGD/External Organisation here] are referred to as the “Participant(s)”.\n2. Introduction and functions of each Participant to the MoU\nSections 2.1-2 3 are pre-populated so you do not need to amend these sections.\n2.1 This MoU sets out the information sharing arrangement between the aforementioned Participants. For the context of this  MoU ‘information’ is defined as a collective set of Data and/or facts that when shared between the Participants through this MoU will support the Participants in delivering the Purpose of the data sharing activity described in section 5 below.\n2.2 This MoU is not intended to be legally binding. It documents the respective roles, processes, procedures and agreements reached between the Home Office and [Insert OGD/External Organisation. This MoU should not be interpreted as removing, or reducing, existing legal obligations or responsibilities of each Participant, for example as data controllers under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA).\n2.3 A glossary of terms, definitions of abbreviations and rules of interpretation of this MoU are detailed in Annex D of this MoU.\nRole of Home Office (Enter name of specific business unit entering into the data sharing arrangement, this should replicate the details provided at Section 1) above.)\n2.4 Enter a high level summary of the functions of the specific Home Office business unit here.\nRole of OGD/External Organisation\n2.5 [OGD/External Organisation– [enter a high level summary of the functions of the OGD/External Organisation here]\n3. Formalities\nDate MoU comes into effect\nThis will be the date that the MoU is signed by both Participants.\n3.1 This MoU will come into effect on [Insert date here].\nDate of review\nThis will be the date that both Participants have agreed for a review of the MoU. Generally all regular exchanges are subject to an annual review as a minimum and the review date will be one year from the date the MoU is signed by both Participants. One-off data exchanges are not subject to a review but may be evaluated to establish whether there are any benefits in sharing the data on a regular basis and this should be specified in the MoU here.\nChoose one of the following options depending on whether this is a regular or one-off data sharing exercise.\n3.2 The date of the review of this MoU is [Insert date here].\nOr\n3.2 This procedure relates to a one-off data sharing exercise (please see section 9 for further information on one-off exchanges). Once completed, it will be evaluated in order to establish whether there are any benefits in sharing the data on a more regular basis.\n4. 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