The DfE recently updated their guidance for practitioners providing safeguarding services for children, young people, parents and carers. We have highlighted the changes below and what that might mean regarding data protection and data sharing.
Best Practice Update
- Tammy Buchanan
- Best Practice Updates
Social Media Best Practice Area
- Tammy Buchanan
- Best Practice Updates
Lettings Best Practice Area
- Tammy Buchanan
- Best Practice Updates
MFA Bombing - What is it?
- Tammy Buchanan
- Best Practice Updates
Protecting your Social Media Accounts
Our customers all have access to the checklists in our Knowledge Bank user portal. We have checklists for all areas of compliance around data protection and cyber security, as well as some practical ones specifically for schools and trusts. But why are checklists a good tool?
All of our customers have access to the DPE Knowledge Bank which has a Best Practice Checklist area. Each checklist is designed to help you walk through all aspects of data protection.
- Tammy Buchanan
- Best Practice Updates
Product Focus on Checklists : Social Media
- Tammy Buchanan
- Best Practice Updates
Product Focus on Checklists : Lettings
- Milk Island: The secret location that allows children to view restricted content on Google Maps
- Why Data Should Stay Put: Benefits of Keeping Data in Its Original System
- Product Focus on Checklists : Data Retention and Destruction
- Product Focus on Checklists : Data Migration
- Product Focus on Checklists : Biometrics
- Product Focus on Checklists : Supplier Due Diligence
- Free Cyber help, advice and training with the Cyber Resilience Centres
- The Perils of Paper: The Printing Vulnerability
- Product Focus on Checklists : FOI
- Product Focus on Checklists : Governors and Data
- Product Focus on Checklists : DPIA
- Product Focus on Checklists : Site Moves
- Product Focus on Checklists : Data Breaches
- Product Focus on Checklists : Subject Access Requests
- Product Focus on Checklists : Bring your own device
- Product Focus on Checklists : Working out of school/offsite
- Cyber Attack on a School
- Product Focus on Checklists : Redaction
- Why Due Diligence is Important: Fake apps
- Product Focus on Checklists : CCTV
- Product Focus on Checklists : Clear desk
- Product Focus on Checklists : Commitment to compliance
- Product Focus on Checklists : Photos and video
- Product Focus on Checklists : Passwords
- Product Focus on Checklists : Information Classification
- Free cyber training for staff
- DfE Digital Standards Update
- The Mother of all Breaches
- International Data Transfers (part 1): Navigating Cross-Border Data Transfers: Understanding EU SCCs, UK Addendum, and UK IDTA
- ClassCharts Possible Data Breach
- Where is your data stored?
- IAPP looks at AI privacy risks
- If you suspect a financial scam .....
- School Focus: St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School | Brighton
- Guardians of Privacy: 16. Social Media Checklist
- Guardians of Privacy: 15. Navigating Social Media in Educational Settings Summary
- Guardians of Privacy: 14. Social Media and Cyber Bullying
- Guardians of Privacy: 13. Social Media, Copyright and Intellectual Property
- Guardians of Privacy: 12. Social Media and Going Viral
- Guardians of Privacy: 11. Staff Social Media Accounts
- Guardians of Privacy: 9. Social Media and Morality
- New Resources for Schools from the ICO
- Guardians of Privacy: 8. Social Media Policies
- Guardians of Privacy: 7. Social Media Data Retention
- Guardians of Privacy: 6. Posting Safely
- Guardians of Privacy: 5. Social Media and Consent
- Guardians of Privacy: 4. Social Media Access Control
- Guardians of Privacy: 3. Social Media Channels
- Guardians of Privacy: 2. Law and Regulations
- The ICO reprimands a Multi Academy Trust
- Guidance for the use of school email and applying email retention in schools
- Data Protection Tips for Early Years Settings
- Children's Privacy around the world is a puzzle
- Records Management Best Practice Update
- What do I need to redact?
- Google for Education Resources: Helping IT Admins meet DfE digital and technology standards
- Lettings Best Practice and Guidance
- Considerations when migrating to a new MIS
- Public bodies and sensitive data
- Get a DPE Badge for your website!
- ICO: 10 Step guide to sharing information to safeguard children
- Help after a Cyber Attack/Incident
- Data Protection and Cyber Security (Inset Day) Training Ideas
- How KCSIE is linked to Cyber Strategy
- Handling Freedom of Information Requests the right way
- Where's Harry the Hacker?
- The ICO Reprimands a school
- Redaction Guidelines Updated
- How to contact us for support, subject access requests, data breaches and FOI's
- FOI: Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete
- FOI: Henry Jackson Society
- FOI: Vaccination Justifications
- How the Record of Processing Can Help You
- What does a Data Protection Officer Do?
- Carrying out Supplier Due Diligence
- How Long Should You Keep Personal Data For?
- B&H FoI: Racist/religious incidents/bullying
- Protocol for Setting Up and Delivery of Online Teaching and Learning
- Class Dojo International Data Sharing
- Model Publication Scheme: Amendments, Improvements and Updates
- Transparency
- Research projects and GDPR
- Secure file transfer of files using Royal Mail
- Emergency contacts and consent
- Key elements of a successful DPIA
- FOI Publication Schemes
- Best Practice for Managing Photos and Video
- New Drip Feeds: Recognise and Respond to Subject Access Request
- When to contact the Data Protection Officer?
- National child measurement programme
- Headteacher fined for breach of data protection legislation
- Acceptable Use Policy
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