Best Practice Update

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WhatsApp and FOI's: ICO Warnings

📲💬 We come across many organisations using WhatsApp as a communication tool with staff regularly and have previously highlighted some of the risks.  The ICO have recently published information about a case where WhatsApp messages had to be included in a Freedom of Information Request.

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  1. Early Years Settings and Cyber Security
  2. SLT Digital Lead Profile
  3. The role of governors in cyber security and data protection
  4. Navigating Privacy at the End of Term , Special Occasions and End of Year
  5. Contracts Register
  6. DfE Digital Standards Autumn Update
  7. The importance of knowing how to access your CCTV footage!
  8. Cyber Attack on a Special School
  9. Stealing children's data
  10. What is dark data? (and why does it matter?)
  11. Ofqual highlights the value of cyber security training in schools
  12. Searching for data when you receive a Subject Access Request
  13. Fylde Coast Academy Trust Cyber Attack This Week
  14. Calling all IT leads in schools and mult academy trusts!
  15. Ransomware cyber attack on a school in Bromley
  16. Join Our Social Media Family!
  17. School hit by Cyber Attack
  18. Cyber Security Best Practice Area
  19. DfE Digital Standards for Schools and Colleges Tracker
  20. New Policies, Documents, Letters and Posters page
  21. Schools and Trusts Best Practice Area
  22. The DPE Retention Schedule
  23. Making the Rounds Update (now includes reporting)
  24. ESFA Cyber Essentials Requirement for Colleges from 2024/2025
  25. ICO Reprimands a School
  26. Out of date technology
  27. Data Retention and the Pupil File
  28. Have you assigned your SLT Digital Lead yet?
  29. Getting Started with AI (Artificial Intelligence)
  30. Cyber attack on a school during half term
  31. Update to the DfE Digital Cyber Security Standards for Schools and Colleges (May 2024)
  32. The rise of cyber attacks in schools are causing pupils to miss classes
  33. ICO: Learning from the mistakes of others report
  34. Cyber attack on a Trust; the aftermath
  35. School Focus: The Vale Federation | Aylesbury
  36. DfE Dealing with Subject Access Requests (SARs) Guidance
  37. Update to the Guidance on Information Sharing from the DfE
  38. FOI Requests generated by Artificial Intelligence
  39. Social Media Best Practice Area
  40. Lettings Best Practice Area
  41. MFA Bombing - What is it?
  42. Protecting your Social Media Accounts
  43. Why we recommend using checklists
  44. Product Focus on Checklists : Initial Trust Plan
  45. Product Focus on Checklists : End of Term Checklist
  46. Product Focus on Checklists : Information and Cyber Security
  47. Product Focus on Checklists : Social Media
  48. Product Focus on Checklists : Lettings
  49. Product Focus on Checklists : Record of Processing
  50. Milk Island: The secret location that allows children to view restricted content on Google Maps
  51. Why Data Should Stay Put: Benefits of Keeping Data in Its Original System
  52. Product Focus on Checklists : Data Retention and Destruction
  53. Product Focus on Checklists : Data Migration
  54. Product Focus on Checklists : Biometrics
  55. Product Focus on Checklists : Supplier Due Diligence
  56. Free Cyber help, advice and training with the Cyber Resilience Centres
  57. The Perils of Paper: The Printing Vulnerability
  58. Product Focus on Checklists : FOI
  59. Product Focus on Checklists : Governors and Data
  60. Product Focus on Checklists : DPIA
  61. Product Focus on Checklists : Site Moves
  62. Product Focus on Checklists : Data Breaches
  63. Product Focus on Checklists : Subject Access Requests
  64. Product Focus on Checklists : Bring your own device
  65. Product Focus on Checklists : Working out of school/offsite
  66. Cyber Attack on a School
  67. Product Focus on Checklists : Redaction
  68. Why Due Diligence is Important: Fake apps
  69. Product Focus on Checklists : CCTV
  70. Product Focus on Checklists : Clear desk
  71. Product Focus on Checklists : Commitment to compliance
  72. Product Focus on Checklists : Photos and video
  73. Product Focus on Checklists : Passwords
  74. Product Focus on Checklists : Information Classification
  75. Free cyber training for staff
  76. DfE Digital Standards Update
  77. The Mother of all Breaches
  78. International Data Transfers (part 1): Navigating Cross-Border Data Transfers: Understanding EU SCCs, UK Addendum, and UK IDTA
  79. ClassCharts Possible Data Breach
  80. Where is your data stored?
  81. IAPP looks at AI privacy risks
  82. If you suspect a financial scam .....
  83. School Focus: St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School | Brighton
  84. Guardians of Privacy: 16. Social Media Checklist
  85. Guardians of Privacy: 15. Navigating Social Media in Educational Settings Summary
  86. Guardians of Privacy: 14. Social Media and Cyber Bullying
  87. Guardians of Privacy: 13. Social Media, Copyright and Intellectual Property
  88. Guardians of Privacy: 12. Social Media and Going Viral
  89. Guardians of Privacy: 11. Staff Social Media Accounts
  90. Guardians of Privacy: 10. Social Media and Cookies
  91. Guardians of Privacy: 9. Social Media and Morality
  92. New Resources for Schools from the ICO
  93. Guardians of Privacy: 8. Social Media Policies
  94. Guardians of Privacy: 7. Social Media Data Retention
  95. Guardians of Privacy: 6. Posting Safely
  96. Guardians of Privacy: 5. Social Media and Consent
  97. Guardians of Privacy: 4. Social Media Access Control
  98. Guardians of Privacy: 3. Social Media Channels
  99. Guardians of Privacy: 2. Law and Regulations
  100. Guardians of Privacy: 1. Social media, privacy and children
  101. The ICO reprimands a Multi Academy Trust
  102. Guidance for the use of school email and applying email retention in schools
  103. Data Protection Tips for Early Years Settings
  104. Children's Privacy around the world is a puzzle
  105. Trust Initial Plan Checklist Update
  106. Records Management Best Practice Update
  107. What do I need to redact?
  108. Trust Initial Plan for Data Protection Compliance (for Multi Academy Trusts)
  109. Google for Education Resources: Helping IT Admins meet DfE digital and technology standards
  110. Lettings Best Practice and Guidance
  111. Considerations when migrating to a new MIS
  112. Public bodies and sensitive data
  113. Get a DPE Badge for your website!
  114. ICO: 10 Step guide to sharing information to safeguard children
  115. Help after a Cyber Attack/Incident
  116. Data Protection and Cyber Security (Inset Day) Training Ideas
  117. How KCSIE is linked to Cyber Strategy
  118. Handling Freedom of Information Requests the right way
  119. Where's Harry the Hacker?
  120. The ICO Reprimands a school
  121. Redaction Guidelines Updated
  122. Using WhatsApp in Schools
  123. How to contact us for support, subject access requests, data breaches and FOI's
  124. FOI: Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete
  125. FOI: Henry Jackson Society
  126. FOI: Vaccination Justifications
  127. How the Record of Processing Can Help You
  128. What does a Data Protection Officer Do?
  129. Carrying out Supplier Due Diligence
  130. How Long Should You Keep Personal Data For?
  131. B&H FoI: Racist/religious incidents/bullying
  132. Protocol for Setting Up and Delivery of Online Teaching and Learning
  133. Class Dojo International Data Sharing
  134. Model Publication Scheme: Amendments, Improvements and Updates
  135. Transparency
  136. SAR? ER? FOI?
  137. Research projects and GDPR
  138. Secure file transfer of files using Royal Mail
  139. Emergency contacts and consent
  140. Key elements of a successful DPIA
  141. FOI Publication Schemes
  142. Best Practice for Managing Photos and Video
  143. New Drip Feeds: Recognise and Respond to Subject Access Request
  144. When to contact the Data Protection Officer?
  145. National child measurement programme
  146. Headteacher fined for breach of data protection legislation
  147. Acceptable Use Policy

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