The current Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, was due to leave her post earlier this year, as I have been telling my clients...

Many of you will know that I'm am avid record collector and one of my all-time favourite songs is David Bowie's "Five Years" from the...

The Information Commissioner's Office has released some new teaching material to enable schools to prepare their pupils for using their...

The Surveillance Camera Commissioner’s Office blog has recently announced the appointment of Fraser Sampson to this post from 1st March...

I am asked quite often about the Telephone Preference Service (TPS) and whether it is effective . The TPS is the UK’s only official ‘Do...

Following my post about the publication scheme earlier this week I've had a few schools asking about how they can assess their FOI...

From time to time some of my clients ask me about whether they still need to have an FOI publication scheme. The simple answer is, of...

Over the last couple of years I have become more familiar with Arbor and know that it has rapidly become an increasingly popular MIS in...

The death has been announced of Dame Fiona Caldicott, at the age of 80. I couldn't let this news pass without a comment on my blog. At...

In the Republic of Ireland schools are on alert to IT security risks around online classes with a Garda investigation under way into how...

People often ask me whether schools do get attacked by cyber criminals. The answer is clearly "yes" although obviously they wouldn't be a...

I am pleased to announce that I am a guest presenter for the Birmingham Association of School Business Management next week. My...

I hope everyone is adjusting to the new normal way of working, whether it be in school or from home. I'm still working, having had four...

Quite few of my clients have asked me about guidance from the ICO regarding exam script exemptions. Their guidance can be found at:...

During lockdown the most frequently asked question for me has been "Is it okay to use Zoom" or another platform for video conferencing. ...

There are a couple of other ICO briefings that schools may find useful:- How we will regulate during coronavirus:...

Just a quick post to say that the ICO has published guidance regarding data protection and coronavirus. It can be found at:...

The coronavirus lockdown has prompted many of us to use video-chat applications for the first time, or more regularly than we used to. ...

Just a reminder that I'm still available to my clients to provide advice on all things relating to information governance. I'm getting...

For any one who hasn't seen it yet, the Internet Archive loans digitised books to the world. Their digital library is free to read for...