Data Protection and GDPR
Data Protection Services for Trusts and Schools
If you’re looking for specialist GDPR and Data Protection advice and support, you’ve come to the right place. With over 20 years of managing Data Protection with schools, you can rest assured that all the help you need is on hand.
We realise the value of getting the guidance and assistance when it comes to UK GDPR and that’s why we offer a wide range of services and training programmes.
With our help your trust or school will be up to date and confident with the rules and regulations for Data protection and UK GDPR.
How Can We Help?
We created a bespoke GDPR compliance and support platform for our schools and trusts. This is a specific resource designed to guide your organisation through the compliance issues of the Data Protection Act and UK GDPR. There is a wealth of information to help you including templates that cover issues such as:
- Compliance Progress
- Policies
- Model Documents & Forms
- Audits & Compliance checklists
- Subject Access Request Guidance
- Managing Breaches and Complaints
- Training for Staff and Governors
- Reporting service
6 Tasks a Term
Our unique Data Protection training – every fortnight in term time there is a 30-40 minute webinar that guides our clients through the Data Protection minefield. By taking a bitesize approach, over the course of an academic year, you can be assured that all key issues and areas are covered. That you are directed to the right set of resources and that real progress is not only achievable, but that it is entirely manageable.
DPO Support
In some trusts and schools a DPO has been appointed on the basis that they access the necessary legal and regulatory support.
Our DPO support package includes a review of the actions taken to date, a dedicated support helpline for each school and the opportunity to access extra advice as needed.
By providing your own DPO with access to the Go-GDPR portal everything they need is there to support what is often a bewildering and challenging role.
Outsourced DPO Service
Finding the right person to be the DPO can be difficult. The necessary level of independence, combined with knowledge of UK GDPR and Data Protection laws – but with an in depth understanding of the life of a school can be a challenge. The interaction of Data Protection, with safeguarding, regulatory obligations and statutory expectations is a complicated mix.
The DPO needs to be sufficiently independent of school procedures, management and operational responsibility to fulfil the statutory obligations of the role. In many settings there is no-one who can take this task on.
Our outsourced DPO service is an independent service offered on a limited basis to a number of schools and trusts. The DPO service includes:
- Dedicated support
- Management of UK GDPR obligations
- Template documents
- Support when data protection arises in safeguarding matters with the police, social care and the courts
- Achieving compliance
- Counter measures and data protection impact assessments
- Expert advice regarding data protection law and practice
- Direct reporting to the governing board and the SLT
- Being the contact point for the ICO and management of any breach or investigatory process
We act as an out sourced DPO service for many organisations and are always on hand to answers queries, help manage breaches or redact those wretched SARs!
If you would like to know more about our Data Protection services for schools. Please fill in the contact form on the website or get in touch by phone on 0333 7729 763.