To flame the school for sending kiddo home with someone else's report & they got hers

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What the title says. It's not ok, right, if the school sends your child home with another kids report & they get your child's report?

We have shared pics of them over messenger & kids will swap them back at school on Monday. But wondering how much of a fuss to make to the school about the mess-up. Thoughts?

I mean, if you are dying to 'flame' someone I guess you could? Why would you want to? Just swap back and move on. Stop drama hunting.

No this isn't anything to do with GDPR. Thanks for the helpful link, ivykaty, you might like to read the definition of personal data on that website.

What is personal data?

The GDPR applies to the processing of personal data that is:
wholly or partly by automated means; or
the processing other than by automated means of personal data which forms part of, or is intended to form part of, a filing system.

Putting the wrong piece of paper in an envelope is nothing to do with data processing.

OP: this is a mistake probably made by an overworked and stressed admin person. Who will now get in trouble with the head teacher.

biscuit you’re OK with you’re end of your appraisal being stuck up on the work notice board for all to see then are you?

I would be very upset about this. One of my children struggles academically and she would HATE her private report to be public.

your end of year

As the parent of a SN child I would be absolutely pissed off with this. And before anyone starts: no, I have never made a similar mistake at work. If I had then I would have been sacked.

YABU for saying "kiddo" though.

biscuitmillionaire It is part of GDPR- believe me I wish it wasn’t...

I don’t see why it really matters

This is a pretty serious data breach. The school might need to notify it so telling the head wasn’t OTT, I’m surprised everyone is so blasé but maybe I’ve got overly in GDPR prep...

Overly involved is what I meant to say

Personal data is any data that is identifying

So a school report with a child’s name on would be identifiable and therefore personal data

Sending that report to the wrong person, would be a breach, regardless of whether deliberate or accidental

Hopefully the attachments makes it more clear for you

Of course it matters and of course it’s a GDPR breach

🙄 teachers are human, accidents happen. You've solved it so stop causing a fuss

You've sent an email to their boss? God you're a bit harsh. A passing comment to the teacher would have sufficed

Don't make any fuss. You've found the other person, they have your one and you're swapping on Monday. Over with really isn't it.

Who really cares what the OP calls her child, her child her choice, if she wants to call them kiddo or a little 'C U Next Tuesday' does it really matter?! I understand the frustration, depending on the report some mums (as evidenced here) would absolutely love reading a negative report about another child and take great pleasure in discussing with others. I'm not suggesting your child received a negative report at all, but some people are that petty and don't have anything better to do do they. Plenty wouldn't bad an eyelid though. I would mention it to the school, it is an honest mistake and doesn't warrant a big showdown, but it's just a bit sloppy and care should be taken to ensure it doesn't happen again.

Of course this is a data breach and the school will need to inform the appropriate authorities.
They should have checked the correct report was in the correct envelope numerous times. I always scrupulously check before sealing.

Of course it is a data breach. School reports name the child and do give personal information. The ones we get certainly do.

I think I'd just return the 'wrong' school report back to the school and pick up the correct one. Not good but everyone makes mistakes, nobody died.

No, please don't "flame" the school.

Do approach the school and point out that mixing up documents is technically a violation of privacy and could have serious consequences had the circumstances been different. Most likely it is an administrative error by someone in the office and procedures need to be tightened up. But "flaming" is very seldom the correct way to deal with these things.

Not all information is personal data. However, the Peter Nowak decision means that exam grades are personal data, subject to GDPR and accessible through a SAR. If you got the wrong report, and it contains both the child's name and their academic information, it's a breach and the school are required to follow reporting procedures.

You need to tell the school because they need to tighten up procedures and possibly train admin staff better. We're moving on to electronic reporting to hopefully ensure this can't happen. We're not even allowed to share student grades with the parents once students turn 18.

oh come on, imagine how many reports each teacher puts in to envelopes during report writing day, of course you will need to let them know so that you can get the right report but surely you have done something similar in a different situation?

We are all human and all make mistakes every now and again.

So much misinformation on this thread. Of course it’s a GDPR issue. I’m amazed so many people think it isn’t . It’s also highly unprofessional, especially given the ramifications of GDPR!

Nothing wrong with kiddo either, it’s very common in some English speaking countries.

I’d have gone to the head, too, OP. I hope they come back with something sensible.

It actually breaches the data protection act..

An office work made a clerical error. Sure, go nuts.