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Hi all,
During some recent "time off for good behaviour" from reading this forum, I had (am having) a little spat re a local school (hence posting here!)
My daughter had an authorised half day off school (school A), so she & some friends went to visit other friends at another school (school B)
School B reckoned they were causing a nuisance, & Headteacher school A turned up ('cos school B phoned school A) & ordered them to move away.
Next day, daughter & friends were given detention.
Daughter says they were doing nothing untoward.
It occurred to me that whole incident was captured on CCTV, so I asked school B if I could have a peek; school B said no.
So I SAR'd re Data Protection Act; school B said "proof of not Fraser competent" was needed. (She has a moderate/severe receptive language disorder & they know this!)
I politely pointed out that info should be in an intelligible form (Fraser competent - it took me a while to sort that out!)
I also pointed out that, as they were using CCTV for crime prevention, but were not listed on the DPA Controller register for that purpose, their Data Controller (Headteacher & Governers, so they tell me) were exposed to criminal prosecution plus large fine (ok, not likely to happen, but possible, I think)
They responded by saying evidence of "not Fraser competent" required!
This story, in the words of matinee cinema, is to be continued............
However, it also occurs to me that you good people may be school governors yourselves. The ICO, after some consultation, have said that it would take any complaint re this seriously.
cnjw
During some recent "time off for good behaviour" from reading this forum, I had (am having) a little spat re a local school (hence posting here!)
My daughter had an authorised half day off school (school A), so she & some friends went to visit other friends at another school (school B)
School B reckoned they were causing a nuisance, & Headteacher school A turned up ('cos school B phoned school A) & ordered them to move away.
Next day, daughter & friends were given detention.
Daughter says they were doing nothing untoward.
It occurred to me that whole incident was captured on CCTV, so I asked school B if I could have a peek; school B said no.
So I SAR'd re Data Protection Act; school B said "proof of not Fraser competent" was needed. (She has a moderate/severe receptive language disorder & they know this!)
I politely pointed out that info should be in an intelligible form (Fraser competent - it took me a while to sort that out!)
I also pointed out that, as they were using CCTV for crime prevention, but were not listed on the DPA Controller register for that purpose, their Data Controller (Headteacher & Governers, so they tell me) were exposed to criminal prosecution plus large fine (ok, not likely to happen, but possible, I think)
They responded by saying evidence of "not Fraser competent" required!
This story, in the words of matinee cinema, is to be continued............
However, it also occurs to me that you good people may be school governors yourselves. The ICO, after some consultation, have said that it would take any complaint re this seriously.
cnjw
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