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Best Practice Updates

✅📃 An MIS (management information system) is a critical part of the school's day to day operations and digital infrastructure.  They can be on premise or in the cloud, which means contract terms can differ.  We highlight the latest guidance alongside what is already data protection law - you should follow this, even if you are procuring your MIS through your local authority or third party IT provider.

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Best Practice Updates

🎥🤖  Some of the organisations we are talking to are a little confused about AI, whether they should use it and if their staff already are using it or not.  We've put together a short video explaining the different types of AI, the risks and how you should start documenting your use.

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

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