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Best Practice Updates

🍂 The DfE have published several updates to the DfE Digital Standards, updating the Filtering and Monitoring Standards, the Digital Leadership & Governance Standards and the Broadband Internet Standards for Schools and Colleges. We give our view on what that means and more details about the updates.

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 Out of date technology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

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