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In April the DfE finally agreed to stop the collection of country of birth & nationality data for pupils.
Now we demand they delete any data already requested
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It’s time to delete this data, to stop sharing confidential pupil information and to repeal the law which allows these questions to be asked in the first place
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We want the DfE to complete the work “to protect BAME and migrant children and families across the country”, not just by getting rid of the nationality & country of birth data already collected, but by stopping all sharing of pupil address & other data with the Home Office.
All children & their families should feel that schools are safe havens, places for inclusive education not outposts of hostile immigration control.
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If the secretary of state cannot or will not ensure this, we will ask the Information Commissioner to intervene for these children.
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More than 20 human rights and privacy campaign groups have signed a letter to Damian Hinds, the education secretary, urging him to destroy the information collected under changes to the school census, introduced in 2016.
The Department for Education faces being reported to the Information Commissioner if it does not agree to delete data collected on pupils’ nationality and country of birth over the past two years.
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I believe there are national security exceptions to the data protection act. They might yet be used.
Also the data was shared with the Home Office. If the DfE are forced to delete their copy is the Home Office also obliged to do the same?
My feeling is one involving a horse and a stable door