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