🚨 Data Protection Updates and Alerts – February ’23 🚨

Following up on our last full newsletter, here is a summary of the latest updates and alerts for your organisation:

Important Alerts and Urgent Updates

• The DfE recently released a brand new update for its Data Protection in Schools guidance which explains “The policies and processes schools and multi-academy trusts need to protect personal data and respond effectively to a personal data breach.” We are expecting to get an overview of key changes out to you in March.
• January saw the release of the CyberSecurity Schools Audit which has some very interesting headlines. We’ve already run some training looking at some of the key points. This article gives a good breakdown.
• On the same topic, the BBC released an article last month also looking at cyber attacks in schools. A very important topic that is not one to ignore. As with safeguarding, it is important to have an ‘it could happen here’ mentality when it comes to cyber threats.