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Best Practice Updates

🍂 The DfE have published several updates to the DfE Digital Standards, updating the Filtering and Monitoring Standards, the Digital Leadership & Governance Standards and the Broadband Internet Standards for Schools and Colleges. We give our view on what that means and more details about the updates.

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 Out of date technology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

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