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

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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

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

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The ICO has recently published a new set of resources for schools.  They are for teachers to use when discussing privacy issues and the value of personal data.  The kit includes lesson plans which explain what counts as personal data and why it is valuable and how to keep it safe.  The resources are free to download and use.

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

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

Latest ICO Reprimand. Mr. S. Claus, Chief Executive Officer, North Pole Enterprises

REPRIMAND

To: Mr. S. Claus, Chief Executive Officer, North Pole Enterprises

Of: North Pole The Information Commissioner (the Commissioner) issues a reprimand to North Pole Enterprises (‘Santa Claus’) in accordance with Article 58(2)(b) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation in respect of certain alleged infringements of the UK GDPR. 
The reprimand
The Commissioner has decided to issue a reprimand to North Pole Enterprises i

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The City of London Police is warning schools across the UK to be vigilant against phishing attacks targeting school networks. Multiple schools have reported receiving suspicious emails containing malicious attachments that have infected their networks with malware.

Once infected, the school's email systems are used to send malicious attachments to other schools.

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Help and Advice against Phi

The Data Protection And Digital Information Bill (DPADI)

This article is now obsolete - the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill was not passed in the last parliamentary session.

It might seem like only yesterday that GDPR, as part of the Data Protection Act 2018 became law, but already we have another change in the law coming our way.

This has been slow getting here - a consultation 'Data: a New Direction' was launched by the government on 10 September 2021 and since then, a Bill was introduced,

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The ICO has recently published a reprimand for a multi academy trust.  The reprimand was issued in respect of Articles 5 (1) (f) and 32 (1) (b).  An unauthorised third party utilised compromised credentials to access and encrypt their systems.

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The recent update to the Keeping Children Safe in Education Document obliges schools and colleges in England to “ensure appropriate filters and appropriate monitoring systems are in place and regularly review their effectiveness”.

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

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