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Collecting Staff Vaccination Data
Collecting Staff Vaccination Data There is no quick answer as to whether schools are legally permitted to collect vaccination data. As well as considerations under data protection law, employers must also be mindful of obligations arising under...
Sharing Personal Data with the Police
One of the most common questions we get asked concerns sharing data with law enforcement offices. The UK GDPR does not prevent you sharing personal data with such bodies such as the police (known under data protection law as “competent...
Core Principles of Data Protection
And the rights of individuals Core Principles of Data Protection Data must be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner Data must be collected for specified, explicit and legitimate purposesThe data collected must be adequate,...
New Data Retention Guidance
This is a subtitle for your new post The UK government recently issued updated guidance on record keeping for academies and trusts to assist them with their record keeping obligations. Click here to be taken to the Government site....
Cyber Essentials
Is it worth all the hassle and cost As outsourced DPOs for a number of schools, we have spent a great deal of time advising clients to gain Cyber Essential accreditation. We are well aware that it is not the highest level of IT security...
New ICO Surveillance Guidance
New ICO guidance for Video Surveillance The ICO has published guidance on the processing of personal data by video surveillance systems, click here to go to the ICO website The guidance outlines how data protection principles must be complied with...
Privacy Snakes and Ladders
Play this game to learn how to make smart privacy choices We would like to thank our friends at the “Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada for sharing these great games. How to play activity sheet You need a game piece for every player and a...
Schools have responsibility but not control over pupils’ data
New report states “Schools have responsibility but not control over pupils’ data” A new report by the Digital Futures Commission recommends that the government ‘s Data Reform Bill should regulate data taken by educational technologies (EdTech)...
New school resources for teachers
The ICO has produced a suite of school resources for teachers to use when discussing privacy issues and the value of personal data. The lesson plans cover what counts as personal data, why it’s valuable and how to keep it safe when using social...