Here's a little fun. It's our not-so-good friend Harry the Hacker. He's all over the place...can you find him?

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Please could you tell me by reply of email, if your school holds a copy of the book ‘ABC Pride’ by Louie Stowell and Elly Barnes (published by DK Children), either in your school library or as a teaching resource?

The ICO has recently published some guidelines/tips for early years settings.  They have created five practical data protection top tips for nurseries, pre-schools, child minders and other early years settings.

The IAPP recently wrote an article about how organisations and lawmakers are striving to protect the online safety of children and teens in today's advance digital environment.  They find themselves working to solve a 'puzzle' that tries to balance varying legal jurisdictions and cultural considerations.

The Trust Initial Plan Checklist has been updated to include a notes area for each section. This will allow you to record any ongoing tasks or actions for each section.

An updated version of the Data Retention Workshop Powerpoint slides has been uploaded to the Records Management Best Practice Area:

📊 Introduction to Governors and Data Best Practice Area Update

The role of governors in maintaining and updating data best practices is crucial for organizations to stay ahead in the competitive landscape. With the increasing amount of data being generated, it is essential to have a robust system in place to manage and utilize this data effectively. Governors play a vital role in ensuring that data is accurate, reliable, and secure. In this article, we will explore the importance of gover

We are often asked to help and advise when it comes to redaction as part of a subject access request.

We launched our Schools Best Practice area at the beginning of this term which includes specific guides and support for schools.  There is also a specific area for Trusts and the Central Team.  The Trusts Central Team section is a specific area for additional requirements and guidance for the central team of a trust and should be used in conjunction with the other tabs in the best practice area.  

Google have recently published some guidance to help IT admins meet the DfE digital and technology standards in schools and colleges.  The guidance takes all of the standards in the Meeting digital and technlogy standards in schools and colleges document and offers advice around the use of Google products in applying the standards.

During our data walks we are looking at data breach risks, in terms of 'Who has access to what data?'.  As part of our walk we may ask who has access to the school other than the employees and children attending, for example, Lettings.  As Lettings usually occur outside of the school working day, physical security can be overlooked or not thought about and so raises the risk of a data breach.  This article is launching our Lettings Checklist for schools which is shown at the end o

Moving MIS is a daunting task and is no small undertaking for a school. Moving to the cloud from a legacy system means that there are cyber security benefits but may be something new to your organisation. There is often the assumption that the new MIS porvider will seamlessly migrate the data for you, however there is a considerable amount of work that the school must do beforehand in order to make this happen.  This article provides some practical guidance and considerations.