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Best Practice Updates

📲💬 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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Best Practice Updates

👩🏽‍🏫👨🏽‍💻 Since we have been talking to schools and multi academy trusts about the SLT digital lead, there have been a lot of questions about who that should be in the organisation. There’s often an assumption that it should automatically be the IT Manager, technician, or Data Protection Lead.  In this article, we explore the profile of an effective SLT Digital Lead and their critical role in shaping digital strategy, integrating technology into teaching and learning, ensuring business continuity, strengthening cybersecurity, and optimising administrative processes.

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 Out of date technology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

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