AIBU?
To tell headteacher
notturningintopowerranger · 05/05/2021 16:26
Senco sent me an email about my son with huge trail of info about all children the psychologist is working with. I think it’s terrible, I’d be very upset if it was my child. Now I know who is seeing the psychologist at school, and some of them, why. Very sad about this. Not the first time school has been shit with data protection.
On the other hand I don’t want anyone to be in trouble. Could just email her directly.
So AIBU to go to head with this information?
Am I being unreasonable?
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CadburyCake · 05/05/2021 16:53
How do you know it hasn’t been your child on another occasion/careless email from senco? As you say, it’s not the first time.
Absolutely report to the HT. At very least the staff member will need pulling up on it and some proper training about GDPR and use of email. I’d make it a formal complaint, in writing and expect a decent response that followed their data protection policy, otherwise I’d escalate to the governors.
FixTheBone · 05/05/2021 16:58
You are being unreasonable.
If they have a history of 'being shit with data protection' I'd go straight to the information commissioners office and let them reap the whirlwind, which could be a fine of upto £18m.
The insurers will pay of course, but it will force them to either train whoever is supposed to be doing the job to do it properly, or sack them and employ someone qualified, plus look at training across all their staff.
FrippEnos · 05/05/2021 17:10
@londonscalling
3 out of your 5 will just pass it on
two of them back to the head to deal with
and the head to the person in charge of data protection
and only the HT will expect anything back other than we have dealt with it.
lanthanum · 05/05/2021 17:13
The Senco needs to get into just enough trouble that it doesn't happen again. That shouldn't mean being sacked or anything so drastic, but it can't be completely ignored, or it will keep happening. I think you have to trust the head to make an appropriate response, whether that's a "quick word", some training or a formal "warning".
Thisgirlcando · 05/05/2021 17:15
It’s a safeguarding issue that you’ve received it alongside gdpr breach. Our SENCO is useless for stuff like this, I would go to the head and the chair of governors, in the wrong hands the information could potentially be really dangerous so it needs to be dealt with properly.
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