ICO supporting Telephone Preference Service
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...
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Steve Cullen
Mar 12, 20211 min read
FOI Self-Assessment Toolkit
Following my post about the publication scheme earlier this week I've had a few schools asking about how they can assess their FOI...
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Steve Cullen
Mar 10, 20211 min read
FOI Publication Scheme
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...
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Steve Cullen
Feb 22, 20211 min read
ArborFest
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...
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Steve Cullen
Feb 16, 20211 min read
Dame Fiona Caldicott tribute
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...
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Steve Cullen
Feb 5, 20211 min read
A further word of warning...
In the Republic of Ireland schools are on alert to IT security risks around online classes with a Garda investigation under way into how...
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Steve Cullen
Feb 5, 20211 min read
Schools do suffer malicious data breaches!
People often ask me whether schools do get attacked by cyber criminals. The answer is clearly "yes" although obviously they wouldn't be a...
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Steve Cullen
Jan 20, 20211 min read
Forthcoming BASBM Presentation
I am pleased to announce that I am a guest presenter for the Birmingham Association of School Business Management next week. My...
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Steve Cullen
Oct 5, 20201 min read
Adjusting to the new norm
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...
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Steve Cullen
Aug 3, 20201 min read
ICO advice on exam script exemptions
Quite few of my clients have asked me about guidance from the ICO regarding exam script exemptions. Their guidance can be found at:...
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Steve Cullen
Jul 7, 20201 min read
Risk assessments for video conferencing tools
During lockdown the most frequently asked question for me has been "Is it okay to use Zoom" or another platform for video conferencing. ...
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Steve Cullen
May 18, 20201 min read
Further advice from the ICO
There are a couple of other ICO briefings that schools may find useful:- How we will regulate during coronavirus:...
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Steve Cullen
May 18, 20201 min read
ICO coronavirus advice
Just a quick post to say that the ICO has published guidance regarding data protection and coronavirus. It can be found at:...
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Steve Cullen
Apr 12, 20201 min read
Privacy concerns re video-chat app Zoom
The coronavirus lockdown has prompted many of us to use video-chat applications for the first time, or more regularly than we used to. ...
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Steve Cullen
Apr 12, 20201 min read
Still here if you need advice!
Just a reminder that I'm still available to my clients to provide advice on all things relating to information governance. I'm getting...
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Steve Cullen
Apr 12, 20201 min read
Free library resource during Coronavirus lockdown
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...
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Steve Cullen
Mar 23, 20201 min read
If you need advice I'm still here to provide it
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...
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Steve Cullen
Mar 18, 20201 min read
School staff working at home
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...
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Steve Cullen
Mar 14, 20201 min read
Icelandic secondary school fined under GDPR
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)...
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Steve Cullen
Mar 13, 20204 min read
Have you got an up-to-date business continuity plan in place?
With the spread of Coronavirus the threat of imminent disruption looms over schools and academies and it is vital to have a business...
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