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All of our customers have access to the DPE Knowledge Bank which has a Best Practice Checklist area. Each checklist is designed to help you walk through all aspects of data protection.
All of our customers have access to the DPE Knowledge Bank which has a Best Practice Checklist area. Each checklist is designed to help you walk through all aspects of data protection.
All of our customers have access to the DPE Knowledge Bank which has a Best Practice Checklist area. Each checklist is designed to help you walk through all aspects of data protection.
We couldn't let today go by without mentioning Safer Internet Day when so many of our customers are schools and trusts. Educators, social workers and other professionals working with children and young people play a key role in supporting children to learn about how to stay safe online.
The ICO has confirmed a data breach from Kent councils. The breach was reported by three Kent councils who share the same IT support provider. Canterbury, Dover and Thanet councils continue to be hampered by the disruptions of onlines services following a cyber incident.
Did you know that annual cyber security training for school staff is a requirement in the DfE Digital Standards for Schools and Colleges Cyber Security Standards Document?
The DfE have recently published an update to their meeting digital and technology standards in schools and colleges, with three new sections:
Digital Accessibility Standards
Digital Leadership and Governance Standards
Laptop, desktop and tablet standards
Digital Accessibility Standards
Digital Leadership and Governance Standards
Laptop, desktop and tablet standards
Security researchers and computing blogs are reporting 'the mother of all breaches' in reference to a data breach where billions of records have been breached. The dataset doesn't come from one single breach but a compilation of multiple data breaches.
A number of schools have reported a data breach by ClassCharts this week. ClassCharts is school management software that allows teachers to create a customisable classroom seating chart. It can also be used to track student behaviour, reading levels and other student data.
Understanding where your data is stored is crucial for both records management (data retention) and retrieving personal data in cases of Subject Access Requests. This article looks at where Microsoft 365 stores it's data.
This week the IAPP published a set of AI privacy risks in the wake of concerns over how AI should be regulated. There are moves to regulate AI, such as the EU AI Act, however because AI remains quite an unknown quantity, there is a lot of unease and uncertainty around it's use, ethics, privacy and intellectual property.
If you think someone is trying to trick you into handing over money, personal details or a change of salary information........ there is a way to report this with Stop Scams UK.
This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company. The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education, as school governors, parents and data protection professionals. The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment, security consideratio
This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company. The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education, as school governors, parents and data protection professionals. The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment, security consideratio
This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company. The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education, as school governors, parents and data protection professionals. The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment, security consideratio
This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company. The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education, as school governors, parents and data protection professionals. The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment, security consideratio
This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company. The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education, as school governors, parents and data protection professionals. The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment, security consideratio
This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company. The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education, as school governors, parents and data protection professionals. The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment, security consideratio
This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company. The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education, as school governors, parents and data protection professionals. The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment, security consideratio
This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company. The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education, as school governors, parents and data protection professionals. The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment, security consideratio
The ICO has recently published a new set of resources for schools. They are for teachers to use when discussing privacy issues and the value of personal data. The kit includes lesson plans which explain what counts as personal data and why it is valuable and how to keep it safe. The resources are free to download and use.
This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company. The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education, as school governors, parents and data protection professionals. The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment, security consideratio
This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company. The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education, as school governors, parents and data protection professionals. The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment, security consideratio
This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company. The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education, as school governors, parents and data protection professionals. The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment, security consideratio
This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company. The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education, as school governors, parents and data protection professionals. The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment, security consideratio
This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company. The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education, as school governors, parents and data protection professionals. The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment, security consideratio
This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company. The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education, as school governors, parents and data protection professionals. The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment, security consideratio
This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company. The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education, as school governors, parents and data protection professionals. The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment, security consideratio
This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company. The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education, as school governors, parents and data protection professionals. The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment, security consideratio
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