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Press releases
Call on the education sector to stop posting children’s faces online
January 28, 2024
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Blog
AI and Society Forum event summary: Algorithmic oppression in our education system.
November 2, 2023
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news
Call for action from the UK Information Commissioner to uphold children’s rights in the Hostile Environment
March 21, 2023
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Blog
International Migrants Day 2022: DfE has handed over 1,780 pupils to the Home Office
December 18, 2022
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Campaign
Ten-years after National Pupil Database commercialisation: ICO reprimands the Department for Education over “woeful” misuse
November 6, 2022
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Blog National Pupil Database
The ICO audit of the Department for Education two years on
October 7, 2022
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News: Challenging the Department for Education on excessive pupil data collection
September 16, 2022
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Blog Campaign
Restoring trust in awarding exam grades: the case for a Personal Exam Grade Explainer
December 4, 2021
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Press releases
On World Teachers’ Day 2021. Our latest report: A reflection on the Best Interests of the Child
October 5, 2021
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Blog
The Skills and Post-16 Education Bill: More data for them, but no more control for us
June 15, 2021
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National Pupil Database news school census
Victory in the Against Borders for Children campaign. School census nationality data destroyed after ICO audit.
March 18, 2021
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Campaign National Pupil Database
Betting firms use schools data on 28m children: one year on
January 24, 2021
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Campaign policy Prevent pupil privacy
2020 a look back at a year in action and looking ahead
December 31, 2020
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National Pupil Database
Baseline beaten back to 2021. Time for change in the Accountability system
June 25, 2020
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Higher Education National Pupil Database policy pupil privacy
Response to the Russell Group Report Pathways for Potential
May 27, 2020
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edTech policy pupil privacy
Call for action on children’s rights in COVID-19 rapid adoption of online learning tools
April 16, 2020
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edTech legislation
Google education products under scrutiny: lawsuit in New Mexico and Norway DPA investigates.
February 24, 2020
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National Pupil Database
Comment on Sunday Times story: Betting Firms use Schools Data
January 19, 2020
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Prevent pupil privacy safeguarding
Statement on appointment of the Reviewer for the Prevent programme
August 19, 2019
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legislation National Pupil Database
Left school? So has lots of personal data about you.
August 13, 2019
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Higher Education National Pupil Database
Statement on student religion or belief, and sexual orientation data in the National Pupil Database
July 27, 2019
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Alternative Provision Campaign LabelsLastALifetime legislation
Defend Digital Me Response to the Timpson Review
May 8, 2019
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edTech National Pupil Database
Response to the ICO Code of Practice for Age Appropriate design
April 15, 2019
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National Pupil Database
Multiplication tables check admin guidance missing vital information
April 3, 2019
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy surveillance
Response to school pupils being spied on through webcams and school web monitoring software
December 16, 2018
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MyRecordsMyRights school census
Children’s Comissioner concerns on school children’s data
November 8, 2018
Higher Education policy
Social media surveillance by the Student Loans Company and new laws
November 5, 2018
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy School census
National pupil data switches to Secure Research Access model
October 12, 2018
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy School census
Data must not be collected in the autumn school census
September 22, 2018
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National Pupil Database
Where do your exam data go? Children’s Right to Know must be respected
August 14, 2018
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National Pupil Database
Capita SIMS Autumn 2017 pupil data update caused data corruption
July 20, 2018
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National Pupil Database surveillance
Defend Digital Me welcomes the Council of Europe recommendations to member States on children’s rights in the digital environment
July 4, 2018
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National Pupil Database
The State of Data 2018: Report for Policy Makers with a view to GDPR in Education
May 13, 2018
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National Pupil Database
Nationality and country of birth school census data collection to end
April 9, 2018
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National Pupil Database
Response to the Office for Statistics Regulation DfE recommendations
April 9, 2018
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Alternative Provision National Pupil Database
Legal challenge continues #LabelsLastaLifetime
March 31, 2018
National Pupil Database
Half of schools have no decision on a Data Protection Officer #GDPR
March 23, 2018
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National Pupil Database surveillance
Recommendations for Policy Makers for the Data Protection Bill #StateOfData2018
March 17, 2018
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Blog
Only half of parents think they have enough control of their child’s digital footprint in school
March 13, 2018
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National Pupil Database
Judicial Review of new children’s school census data #LabelsLastaLifetime
February 15, 2018
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Alternative Provision National Pupil Database policy
New Year. New Minister. New Supporters. Campaign for children’s privacy in Education #LabelsLastaLifetime
January 12, 2018
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National Pupil Database
Open letter to the Editor, published in The Observer 24.12.2017
December 24, 2017
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National Pupil Database surveillance
The Spirit of Education Future visits the Powers-at-be 2017
December 22, 2017
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National Pupil Database
Peers demand answers from DfE on sensitive data in children’s national records #LabelsLastaLifetime
December 12, 2017
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legislation policy
Lords debate rights for children and pupils in education in data protection bill
December 12, 2017
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pupil privacy transparency
Leading advocates join campaign for children’s rights and pupil privacy in Education #LabelsLastaLifetime
December 10, 2017
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The DfE hid the truth from the decision-making Star Chamber
November 19, 2017
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy transparency
National Pupil Data releases March 2012 – May 2017: summary review
October 31, 2017
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legislation pupil privacy transparency
Last minute lobbying must not weaken the e-Privacy Regulation we need
October 25, 2017
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
The privacy of some of our most vulnerable children is under threat
October 20, 2017
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy transparency
Report card: Summer term update and first half of the 2017-18 school year
October 14, 2017
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Write for your rights: Oppose the new immigration law that affects you
October 13, 2017
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Response to the Data Protection Bill debate and Green Paper on Online Strategy
October 11, 2017
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy transparency
What will GDPR Privacy by Default and Design mean for national pupil data?
September 13, 2017
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National Pupil Database
Annual grant received from the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd.
September 3, 2017
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School census changes one year on – when will children be told?
September 1, 2017
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Comment on Data Protection Bill DCMS Statement of Intent
August 7, 2017
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The making of a very bad law: school census nationality data one year on
July 27, 2017
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy transparency
Department for Education works on privacy API for National Pupil Database
July 21, 2017
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Queen’s speech: safeguarding children, data, and digital rights
June 22, 2017
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What’s Next? Under 364 days to fix pupil data privacy.
June 8, 2017
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Letter to schools: Take action today on School Census nationality data
May 18, 2017
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Ten steps for schools why and how to refuse nationality in school census
May 15, 2017
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Children’s voice won’t be heard in DCMS consultation on data privacy
May 14, 2017
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy transparency
Ten steps for parents and schools: how and why to retract nationality data
April 16, 2017
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy transparency
New review of school census data releases from the National Pupil Database
April 11, 2017
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National Pupil Database
Response: Ofsted to use private social media to predict performance in schools
March 31, 2017
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Spring term report card: children’s pupil data privacy in England Q1 2017
March 29, 2017
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Growing up with the Internet report: privacy and other child rights
March 22, 2017
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
The countdown to GDPR compliance: children and consent
March 18, 2017
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Five questions for schools before your school census 2017 submission
February 1, 2017
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In 2017 what’s next for us in pupil data privacy in England?
January 2, 2017
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
2016 in review. What’s happened in pupil data privacy in England?
December 31, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Children’s nationality data from new school census was planned for the Home Office
December 15, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
A foreign office apology, Home Office secret use, forced ethnic labels: The school census 2016
December 5, 2016
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National Pupil Database
Latest news: School census can be deleted and pupil data work-in-progress
November 29, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
The Digital Economy Bill and the pupil premium
November 28, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Government withdraws plan to collect Early Years nationality pupil data
November 17, 2016
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National Pupil Database
Timeline: the school census national pupil data expansion 2016-17
November 14, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Lords strongly critical of school census expansion in Motion of Regret
November 1, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Urgent call to action: the Government must answer questions on collecting country of birth
October 28, 2016
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National Pupil Database
Status report: the Lords’ debate a Motion of Regret 31/10/2016
October 27, 2016
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National Pupil Database
Pupil data questions before the Lords debate on October 31st
October 26, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Pupil data used in secret breaches public trust: Home Office purposes confirmed
October 13, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Why shouldn’t we collect every child’s country of birth and nationality?
October 10, 2016
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National Pupil Database
New releases of school census data from the National Pupil Database
October 9, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Responses to controversial new law: changes to the school censuses 2016-17
September 16, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Back-to-School sees new pupil data expansion
September 5, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
A wish list for the Data Strategy and Information Standards Lead
September 4, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy surveillance
Home Office and Police have accessed data from the National Pupil Database
August 15, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
The child is not the mere creature of the state: No2NP ruling and the right to a private and family life
July 29, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Pupil data collection turns Kafkaesque in 2016-17 school and early years census
July 7, 2016
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National Pupil Database
Schools must collect extra census data for children from autumn
June 26, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Rights and obligations under the Data Protection Act for processing sensitive data
June 22, 2016
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Pupil privacy in schools survey in response to national pupil policies
June 20, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Three strides towards transparency in the National Pupil Database
April 29, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Director General for Regulation, UK Statistics Authority supports call for transparency and better data handling of 20 million pupils’ data
April 26, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Government Internal Audit Agency found improvement needed on National Pupil Database
April 21, 2016
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National Pupil Database pupil privacy
Surveillance of every child’s online activity risks a spiral of silence
April 15, 2016
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National Pupil Database
Scope creep in National Pupil Database now means names released
February 18, 2016
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National Pupil Database
Twenty million pupils’ identifiable data handed out from the National Pupil Database
February 12, 2016
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National Pupil Database
Fixing the National Pupil Database: security, choice, and transparency
January 20, 2016
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National Pupil Database
National Pupil Database – using named data from the School Census
January 1, 2016
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