I'm trying to store and retrieve data from field type: Editor Text Area which from your description should support html.
I got it to work by going into CB | Configuration | User Profile and adding the tags I'm using in the field to the "Do not filter following tags on editor area fields:" field.
So, I have a working solution, but I can't see why the html is getting filtered out if it's not supposed to be filtered from an Editor Text Area field.
Thanks
Erich