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The DfE have recently published updates to their Data Protection toolkit.  Previously there had been very little guidance in the toolkit about how to respond to Subject Access Requests.  There is now a specific section on this and an extra update about responding to other data rights requests such as changing, deleting or restricting of personal information.

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.

With the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill moving to the House of Lords, join James England and Protection Education to:
Learn what are the main changes proposed in the new Bill When it might become law? What it will mean for schools and MATs What do I need to do? This session will be repeated (with any updates) throughout the run-up to the law and is open access - feel free to share with your school network

Who is it for?
School and Trust leaders&nb

The Government recently published the Cyber Security Breaches survey 2024. The survey has an annex which includes findings from samples of UK educational institutions.

A summary of the government Cyber Security Breaches 2024.  It is an official set of statistics produced by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in partnership with the Home Office. The findings of this survey provide a comprehensive description of cyber security for a representative sample of UK organisations, which provides a snapshot of UK cyber resilience at this point in time.

The ICO recently published some guidance about what to do if you receive an FOI request generated by Artificial Intelligence.

We've launched a social media best practice area which brings together all privacy considerations around the use of social media.

We've launched a lettings best practice area which brings together all privacy considerations around renting out a building or room in your organisation.

The UK Safer Internet Centre has announced a public consultation for appropriate filtering and monitoring definitions.

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) and MFA bombing and how cyber criminals are using it to break into accounts.

We recently published a series of articles on all things social media, which also included information about protecting your social media accounts.  The South East Cyber Resilience Centre has recently published a blog about this:

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

A cyber incident review is a process or analysis undertaken after a cyber security incident or cyber attack has occurred.  It involves analysing the event in detail to understand what happened, why it happened and how it can be prevented in the future.

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.

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.

Many of the cyber attacks that we see on schools happen on the first day of a long weekend or a holiday - that's because the threat actors know in some instances it might be a good while before anyone notices.  So, what you can do to protect your data and your systems when you're not there?

Milk island is a location on google maps that allows children to see videos and more while bypassing filtering and content monitoring.  Given so many of our customers are schools and colleges, but also parents, we thought we would raise some awareness.