The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018. This toolkit, published by the Department for Education in August, provides guidance for schools to help develop policies and processes for compliant data management, including collecting and handling data and ways in which schools can respond quickly and appropriately to any data breaches. At 102 pages, it is not a light read, but does contain a number of helpful examples and advice and is therefore likely to be worth the investment of effort to look through it.
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