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: https://ico.org.uk/abou...

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

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

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

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 a...

If you need advice during the hard times we are living through, I'm still here to provide advice and guidance. Despite what is going on ...

I'm being asked by schools what they should do to prepare their staff for working at home. Below I have given a few pointers on what to t...

Whilst it might not be a UK school, in Iceland a secondary school was recently fined 1.3 million Icelandic króna (about £8,124 or €8,945)...

With the spread of Coronavirus the threat of imminent disruption looms over schools and academies and it is vital to have a business cont...

Google has announced it will move British users' data from Irish servers to the United States following the completion of Brexit, with da...

On 21st January 2020 the ICO published its final Age Appropriate Design Code, a set of 15 standards that online services should meet to p...

As I have been asked for confirmation of what happens regarding GDPR by quite a few schools I thought I would post a clarification. The U...

The ICO announced on 20th December 2019 that it had fined Doorstep Dispensaree Ltd, a London-based pharmacy, £275,000 for failure to ensu...

Well, another year is almost at an end... I would just take the time to say Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my clients and an...

I am frequently asked how to get hold of the form to report a data breach to the ICO. It is available at: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisa...

This is just a quick reminder that it is time for my subscription schools to complete their termly review of data protection activities a...

Everyone should know by now that the deadline for responding to a subject access request under the General Data Protection Regulation and...

I've had several queries recently regarding whether it is acceptable for a company acting as a data processor to process information on b...

There has recently been increased awareness of the need for state schools and academies, which are classified as public authorities, to h...