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Earlier today, we posted a thread of what happened after Michael Gove announced plans to open up the National Pupil Database for commercial re-use ten years ago on November 6th, 2012
But let’s also remember what happened before then, starting in 2002. 1/10
But let’s also remember what happened before then, starting in 2002. 1/10
Twenty years ago the then Lab. government decided to add names to create pupil-level records for the first time in the formerly aggregated school-level census (as still mostly done in private schools). news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education… Terri Dowty was on the ball from the start. 2/10
Many could foresee the surveillance it would become, while (2002) DfE staff said, “The data would be stored securely, no data would be copied to other organisations without a clear need and data would not be used for marketing purposes or sold to private companies”. 3/10
Ten years ago today, on November 6, 2012, Michael Gove announced plans to open up the National Pupil Database for commercial re-use. "It could also help stimulate the market for innovative tools and services."
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cm…
#MyRecordsMyRights #PupilData #DataProtection
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cm…
#MyRecordsMyRights #PupilData #DataProtection
He changed the law to let the DfE distribute identifying pupil-level data “for a wider range of purposes than currently possible” to “maximise the value of this rich dataset”. #MyRecordsMyRights #DataProtection Ten years later “confidentiality and security” are not working. 2/15
Today, nearly 3 years after the Learner Records Service breach was exposed in the press, the ICO has announced a DfE reprimand over the incident. ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/… 3/15
#MyRecordsMyRights #PupilData #DataProtection
#MyRecordsMyRights #PupilData #DataProtection
