Best Practice Update

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 Out of date technology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

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