Now we’ve uploaded a few posts we’ve developed a little cabin fever: we are playing a game with each other to see if we can create sentences that are filled entirely with acronyms and abbreviations. Yes, GDPR has driven us to that, hence the heading for this post.

The DfE post is definitely worth viewing as either an introduction to GDPR (perhaps with a group of relevant staff or governors) or even if you have some understanding of the issues. What’s helpful is that it does give a more school based slant on regulations, but it still smacks a bit of someone that doesn’t actually work in a school and for someone that works at … errr … the DfE. Nevertheless, it is good at outlining the breadth of things that need to be considered in the school and key questions that need to be considered.

The video covers the DPO issue at the end, which we have addressed in previous posts, and potential conflicts of interest that could arise. For us, we still think we can solve this through re-aligning responsibilities within the team and the use of a linked governor. We are of the view that some of the suggestions mentioned are unnecessarily elaborate and in some cases might result in additional expenditure which, in the current climate, few of us can afford!

Very excitingly the DfE are promising us an episode 2 – I wonder if Netflix have bought up the rights yet?

Happy viewing!