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We recommend completing due diligence on any third party suppliers that you share personal data with.  We recommend that you do this BEFORE purchasing, installing and using the product to share information.  Our Knowledge Bank platform has a Supplier Due Diligence Best Practice area to help with this and lists many suppliers that we have done some generic risk assessments on.  Ensuring due diligence is part of your procurement process for apps means that someone is less likely to

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We couldn't let today go by without mentioning Safer Internet Day when so many of our customers are schools and trusts.  Educators, social workers and other professionals working with children and young people play a key role in supporting children to learn about how to stay safe online.

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The ICO has confirmed a data breach from Kent councils.  The breach was reported by three Kent councils who share the same IT support provider.  Canterbury, Dover and Thanet councils continue to be hampered by the disruptions of onlines services following a cyber incident.

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Did you know that annual cyber security training for school staff is a requirement in the DfE Digital Standards for Schools and Colleges Cyber Security Standards Document?

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The DfE have recently published an update to their meeting digital and technology standards in schools and colleges, with three new sections:
Digital Accessibility Standards
Digital Leadership and Governance Standards
Laptop, desktop and tablet standards

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Security researchers and computing blogs are reporting 'the mother of all breaches' in reference to a data breach where billions of records have been breached.  The dataset doesn't come from one single breach but a compilation of multiple data breaches.  

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A number of schools have reported a data breach by ClassCharts this week.  ClassCharts is school management software that allows teachers to create a customisable classroom seating chart.  It can also be used to track student behaviour, reading levels and other student data.

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Understanding where your data is stored is crucial for both records management (data retention) and retrieving personal data in cases of Subject Access Requests.  This article looks at where Microsoft 365 stores it's data.

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This week the IAPP published a set of AI privacy risks in the wake of concerns over how AI should be regulated.  There are moves to regulate AI, such as the EU AI Act, however  because AI remains quite an unknown quantity, there is a lot of unease and uncertainty around it's use, ethics, privacy and intellectual property.

hand holding a mobile phone with social media icons on it. Litus Digital logo and Data Protection Education logo. Guardians of Privacy: Navigating social media in educational settings in blue text. A series of articles about social media, privacy and schools in black text. Coloured pencils at the bottom

This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company.  The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education,  as school governors, parents and data protection professionals.  The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment,  security consideratio

hand holding a mobile phone with social media icons on it. Litus Digital logo and Data Protection Education logo. Guardians of Privacy: Navigating social media in educational settings in blue text. A series of articles about social media, privacy and schools in black text. Coloured pencils at the bottom

This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company.  The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education,  as school governors, parents and data protection professionals.  The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment,  security consideratio

hand holding a mobile phone with social media icons on it. Litus Digital logo and Data Protection Education logo. Guardians of Privacy: Navigating social media in educational settings in blue text. A series of articles about social media, privacy and schools in black text. Coloured pencils at the bottom

This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company.  The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education,  as school governors, parents and data protection professionals.  The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment,  security consideratio

hand holding a mobile phone with social media icons on it. Litus Digital logo and Data Protection Education logo. Guardians of Privacy: Navigating social media in educational settings in blue text. A series of articles about social media, privacy and schools in black text. Coloured pencils at the bottom

This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company.  The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education,  as school governors, parents and data protection professionals.  The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment,  security consideratio

hand holding a mobile phone with social media icons on it. Litus Digital logo and Data Protection Education logo. Guardians of Privacy: Navigating social media in educational settings in blue text. A series of articles about social media, privacy and schools in black text. Coloured pencils at the bottom

This article is one of a series written by Data Protection Education in collaboration with Litus Digital, a social media management company.  The articles came about from questions asked by Data Protection Education's customers, our own experience of working in education,  as school governors, parents and data protection professionals.  The articles raise questions about how social media can be used as safely as possible in a school environment,  security consideratio

  1. Guardians of Privacy: 11. Staff Social Media Accounts
  2. Guardians of Privacy: 10. Social Media and Cookies
  3. Guardians of Privacy: 9. Social Media and Morality
  4. New Resources for Schools from the ICO
  5. Guardians of Privacy: 8. Social Media Policies
  6. Guardians of Privacy: 7. Social Media Data Retention
  7. Guardians of Privacy: 6. Posting Safely
  8. Guardians of Privacy: 5. Social Media and Consent
  9. Guardians of Privacy: 4. Social Media Access Control
  10. Guardians of Privacy: 3. Social Media Channels
  11. Guardians of Privacy: 2. Law and Regulations
  12. Guardians of Privacy: 1. Social media, privacy and children
  13. Latest ICO Reprimand. Mr. S. Claus, Chief Executive Officer, North Pole Enterprises
  14. Phishing attacks targeting schools - alert from City of London Police
  15. The Data Protection And Digital Information Bill (DPADI)
  16. The ICO reprimands a Multi Academy Trust
  17. KCSIE: Filtering, Monitoring and Privacy
  18. Guidance for the use of school email and applying email retention in schools
  19. CISA and UK NCSC Announce Joint Guidelines for Secure AI System Development
  20. Data Protection Tips for Early Years Settings
  21. Children's Privacy around the world is a puzzle
  22. Trust Initial Plan Checklist Update
  23. Update on Advisory for Rhysida Ransomware
  24. Records Management Best Practice Update
  25. Governors and Data Best Practice Area Update
  26. The Crime in a Cyber Attack and a Data Breach
  27. What do I need to redact?
  28. NCSC Annual Review is published for 2023
  29. Learning from Data Breaches
  30. Windows 11 security ineffective against attacks on old devices
  31. Trust Initial Plan for Data Protection Compliance (for Multi Academy Trusts)
  32. International Counter Ransomware Initiative 2023 Joint Statement
  33. Google for Education Resources: Helping IT Admins meet DfE digital and technology standards
  34. Resistant Cloud Backups
  35. Top Ten Cyber Security Misconfigurations
  36. Lettings Best Practice and Guidance
  37. ICO Reprimand: company suffered a ransomware attack
  38. The UK Online Safety Bill becomes an Act (Law)
  39. Considerations when migrating to a new MIS
  40. The importance of software updates (PaperCut vulnerability and Rhysida ransomware)
  41. Public bodies and sensitive data
  42. Adding offline bulk training using the Certificates function
  43. Ransomware, extortion and the cyber crime ecosystem
  44. ICO: 10 Step guide to sharing information to safeguard children
  45. Schools under Cyber Attack: September 2023
  46. Cyber Resource: The Cyber Resilience Centre Group
  47. Email and Security: ICO recent guidance
  48. Help after a Cyber Attack/Incident
  49. Social Media Policy
  50. Data Protection and Cyber Security (Inset Day) Training Ideas
  51. Changes to Microsoft Free Licensing for Schools
  52. What to do in the event of a Cyber Attack
  53. Cyber Crime: AI Generated Phishing Attacks
  54. Handling Freedom of Information Requests the right way
  55. Cyber Attack: Exam Boards
  56. VICE SOCIETY - Ransomware attacks on schools
  57. Using Tags if you are a group of organisations in the DPE Knowledge Bank
  58. Where's Harry the Hacker?
  59. Be Cyber Aware: USB Sticks
  60. Cyber Insurance in the Public Sector
  61. Types of Cyber Attacks: DDos Attack (Microsoft DDoS Attack in June)
  62. Cyber Attack: Manchester University
  63. Cyber Attack: Leytonstone School
  64. The ICO Reprimands a school
  65. Be Cyber Aware: Firewalls
  66. Subject Access Requests (SARs)
  67. Be Cyber Aware: Cyber attacks and transparency. A no blame culture
  68. Cyber Attack: Dorchester School
  69. Knowledge Bank Role Types: Admin, Staff and Trustee
  70. Types of Cyber Attacks: Password Attacks
  71. Be Cyber Aware: Why regular software updates are important
  72. Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2023
  73. Cyber Attack: Wiltshire School
  74. Keeping your IT systems safe and secure
  75. Types of Cyber Attacks: DDoS Attacks
  76. Types of Cyber Attacks: Phishing
  77. Types of Cyber Attacks: The Insider Threat
  78. Why your data is profitable to cyber criminals
  79. Using WhatsApp in Schools
  80. The Changes to Data Protection in the UK
  81. Knowledge Bank Updates
  82. Types of malware and how they are linked to data protection
  83. Striking Data Breach
  84. Windows Server 2012 & 2012 R2 Retirement
  85. How to contact us for support, subject access requests, data breaches and FOI's
  86. YouTube breached child protection laws
  87. How a school fought back after a cyberattack
  88. Types of Cyber Attacks - Credential Stuffing
  89. January Cyber update - How Can Schools Help Prevent Cyber Attacks?
  90. End of Windows 8.1 Support
  91. Assigning courses to staff using to-dos
  92. How the Record of Processing Can Help You
  93. Information Security Basics: What are VPN's?
  94. What does a Data Protection Officer Do?
  95. Are you ready for a Data Breach?
  96. Blog: Best Practice on the Retention of Child Protection Information
  97. Carrying out Supplier Due Diligence
  98. Email and retention periods
  99. How Long Should You Keep Personal Data For?
  100. The Education sector now at highest risk of cyber attacks
  101. How to Assess your Data Security
  102. Schools Blocked from Using Facial Recognition Systems
  103. Sharing this year’s Nativity play online
  104. A quick introduction to the Phishing Simulation tool
  105. The Children's Code
  106. Recording vaccination of staff
  107. B&H FoI: Racist/religious incidents/bullying
  108. Cyber Attacks
  109. Protocol for Setting Up and Delivery of Online Teaching and Learning
  110. Class Dojo International Data Sharing
  111. Model Publication Scheme: Amendments, Improvements and Updates
  112. Child friendly privacy notices
  113. Transparency
  114. Parents and students covertly recording conversations
  115. SAR? ER? FOI?
  116. Secure file transfer of files using Royal Mail
  117. Emergency contacts and consent
  118. Key elements of a successful DPIA
  119. FOI Publication Schemes
  120. SHARE: Avoid disinformation online
  121. Best Practice for Managing Photos and Video
  122. New Drip Feeds: Recognise and Respond to Subject Access Request
  123. When to contact the Data Protection Officer?
  124. National child measurement programme
  125. Make sure DPE is your registered DPO with the ICO
  126. Compliance Manager released
  127. Headteacher fined for breach of data protection legislation
  128. Emails – good practice and minimising the risk of a data breach
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