Data Protection

This is an area of school life which has become subject to increasing compliance.

How is your school ensuring it fully complies with local data protection laws?

These two links will help you to understand this area in more detail.

https://www.cois.org/for-schools/data-protectionwww.cois.org

https://www.cois.org/about-cis/news/post/~board/perspectives-blog/post/can-schools-transfer-child-protection-data-and-information-to-a-students-new-schoolwww.cois.org

What tools do you have in place to check for compliance?

Here are some useful resources from the UK to assist.

Student Photographs

A growing area is the use of student photographs and how this is managed. Schools need to consider consent for using student photographs.

Have you considered the implications?

• Does this consent need to be annually renewed?

• Do the images have an expiry date?

• At what age should it be the students (as opposed to the parents) who sign consent?

• How long can a student’s image be used on an external website - for as long as the student is on roll? Indefinitely?

• Can parents take photographs at school events?

• Do parents receive advice or have to sign a code of conduct in relation to image sharing? How is this managed?

There are now companies who provide services around school images, please see some potential providers below:

VidigamiVidigami

Consent-Driven Photo Management Solution | pixevetypixevety

School Photo Ghost | School Photo Ghost