Revised data security advice from Becta - Do's and Don'ts!
Becta have
amended their data protection guidance in light of representations from various
organisations, but the changes are not substantial. Becta does indicate that
they are looking at how schools transition to what is a strong regime for
compliance, but this area is getting very congested with a quick succession of
related publications and guidance that could have been joined up, i.e. use of
MIS systems for online reporting and assessment for learning, and VLE's, and the
information management strategy framework, all of which focus on the increased use of MIS by schools without actually bringing it all together and with no real reference to Fair
Processing policies etc.
Becta have also
just
published a new document (attached) called 'do's and don'ts' aimed at all school
staff which can be found here.