CONSULTATION
Helping you make the most of your data protection and privacy compliance, through audits, training, action plans, stakeholder engagement and risk management.
CONFIGURATION
Whether it is at the ‘idea’ and design phase for your solutions or the ‘pilot” and deployment phase, help identify areas to support Data Protection by Design and by Default.
COMMUNICATION
Develop clear language for schools, from contracts and Data Processing Agreements through to User Guides and supporting materials for children.
Latest News
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Have a look below for some of our latest articles and editorials.
My Data Protection World
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A few things we’re great at
We understand how service organisations work and how software vendors work. We understand the importance of Privacy in the connected world and the importance of supporting organisations making the right decisions. We understand the limitations that many vendors face and the difficulties you may face in changing your culture.
Data Protection by Design and by Default
Set the tone right at the very beginning.
Culture Change
Ensure your staff are in the right place with the right knowledge to support your business and to help you support your customers.
Accountability and Effectiveness
Knowing where you are is part of the first step of any journey. Keeping a track of where you want to go and how to get there won’t work without it.
Training
Whether face to face, remote webinars or online learning, training is key all aspects of data protection and privacy.
GETTING THINGS DONE
The Secret of Success
The Department for Education’s Data Protection Toolkit for Schools would not have become what it is without the support of people like Tony Sheppard.
BECTA
As a member of Becta’s Information Management and Data Protection working group, Tony has contributed to guidance to schools since mid-2000s
EduGeek.net
A frequent collaborator on the community for IT professionals, Tony is the go-to person for Data Protection and Privacy
EDUCATION DATA MATTERS
Following the DfE’s Working Group, a successor community was set up to help the drive between schools, EdTech vendors and agencies.
KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU
Tony is well known and well respected across the EdTech sector, having worked, collaborated, consulted or simply had a cuppa with so many members of the community.
GETTING THINGS DONE
Collaboration and Communication
As part of the drive to help EdTech vendors improve their compliance and to be able to demonstrate it, the My Data Protection World team have continued to openly co-operate with DPOs in schools, DPO service Providers, Compliance solutions, Agencies and the wider EdTech industry to clearly set out expectations from schools.
ACCOUNTABILITY
By translating the ICO’s Accountability Toolkit into a model more readily available to EdTech Companies, MDPW’s Framework aims to streamline the work for businesses.
COLLABORATION
Working with schools and DPOs, we have been able to identify the stumbling blocks so many educational institutes face, and align these with models provided by GDPR in Schools.
MESSAGES
Core to supporting EdTech Companies is helping with how they communication key information to schools and DPOs. Schools and Trusts should be completing Due Diligence when working with EdTech companies, so let’s make it easy for them.
UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN
Having an understanding of how children grow in their digital experiences in life, both in and out of school, allows the team to help EdTech companies develop products, ensure the right messages are with schools and support children in their own rights.