We've uploaded a Subject Access Request Extension Template to the SAR Best Practice Library.

We're already seeing the leavers' hoodies when we're visiting schools and our help desk has received tickets asking about year book administration, so here's some best practice about 'Leaver's Memorabilia'.

📸✅ It's World Book Day on the 5th March when most schools will be celebrating reading and capturing photos of staff and students in their costumes.   Given this is one of many significant photographic events in the calendar, we thought it was a good opportunity to remind everyone of photo and video best practice so there are no data protection slip ups.

Please ensure that you register DPE as your DPO with the Information Commissioner's Office.  Please note we have updated our registered address!

Sharing personal data with a third-party organisation?

Supplier due diligence is about the contracts between controllers and processors.  As a controller you determine the purpose and means of the processing (Article 4 (7)) and are responsible for ensuring processors  (i.e. suppliers and third-parties) have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk for any data processed. 

One of the simplest ways to reduce the risk of a data breach on your organisation's premises is to establish a Clear Desk and Screen Policy. Beyond just tidy classrooms and offices, this initiative protects sensitive student data and staff privacy.

The Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2025 document obliges schools and colleges in England to “ensure appropriate filters and appropriate monitoring systems are in place and regularly review their effectiveness”. This responsibility is now a standard, no just a technical tick box, but a core leadership and safeguarding function.

🛡️Are your School's Digital Gates Secure?  Governors are the gate keepers to cyber security. Today, as we celebrate School Governor's Day, it's the perfect time to ask the question that is critical right now: how do we protect our schools in a digital world?

📢📢 Come and register for our new Data Protection Education webinars for 2026! 

A recent ICO reprimand for the Staines Health Group, shows the importance of how special category deserves specific protection. This article highlights the risks associated with 'data dumping' when organisations overshare sensitive information excessively - when the sharing of sensitive safeguarding becomes the safeguarding issue.

In a world of hybrid work and virtual meetings, the ability to record and transcribe discussions has become an essential tool for productivity.  However, with this convenience comes a responsibility to protect privacy, maintain security and consider your lawful basis for recording/transcribing.  To provide clear guidance we are introducing our new Recording and Transcription Policy Template.

We've had a few questions recently about parents and students recording conversations with members of staff, both covertly or overtly without seeking permission. This article only covers recordings made by external individuals, not organisations or individuals acting on behalf of an organisation.