Thread by @fatbadger442

Almost daily, through my work providing advice and advocacy to vulnerable families in education settings, I hear from another family whose child's #privacy has been breached by education officers and headteachers at Scottish local authorities. #childrensrights 1/

Systematic breaches of data processing laws are becoming endemic in Scotland. I've even had two LAs tell me that they can break data processing laws because their local policies say they can. 2/

And now we have a report from SHEF that backs that up with evidence from all over the country. @ICOnews and @cypcs can't ignore these breaches anymore. 3/

It's shocking, but until now, the relevant bodies - the #ICO, the #GTCS, the #CYPCS, and indeed the Scottish Government - have not been even remotely interested in stopping it. They have been complicit in systematic children's rights abuses. I implore them to take action. 4/

In law, Scotland's children may have their privacy protected, but in practice they don't. This is #GIRFEC in action. LAs can do this because they know that families cannot afford to take them to court, and the supposed regulators are sitting on their hands. 5/

This abuse of power must be stopped. Scottish children are being damaged by these actions. #uncrc #echr #dpa #gdpr #childrensrights #humanrights

Read the report here. 6/ends

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