It was great to hear in the news this morning that the NSW Department of Education believed teachers spent too much time on “low value” administrative tasks, and aims to reduce that by 20 per...
According to the Center for Internet Security, the number of cyber incidents aimed at K-12 schools are expected to increase by 86% in the upcoming school year. It declared U.S. schools saw unprecedented numbers of cyberattacks...
With the average school capturing around 30,000-50,000 photos and videos featuring students per year, scattered across various devices, I thought it timely to touch on the topic of student image protection as some of these...
Privacy Awareness Week (May 3-9, 2021) is here with a theme of ‘Make privacy a priority’, so I thought I would write about the importance of organisations conducting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) on technologies that...
There has always been the necessity to ask for consent before taking, sharing, or publishing photos or videos of others, but the simple fact is technology has made many of us less empathetic to the...
This year has been really tough and I’m sure we are all counting the days to 2021, yet there is an important topic I’d like to quickly touch on before the New Year – already...
I applaud all schools who have taken up the essential cause of protecting student privacy online during this pandemic. In fact, a positive outcome of this horrible experience is the triggering of necessary improvements in...
Mandatory data breach notification in Australia… after several attempts to place my thoughts succinctly on paper, to highlight what I believe are some key industry takeaways before the NDB scheme comes into force next month, I am...
HAVE YOU HEARD OF ‘FUNCTION CREEP’? IT’S THE GRADUAL WIDENING OF THE USE OF A SYSTEM OR TECHNOLOGY BEYOND THE ORIGINAL USE FOR WHICH IT WAS INTENDED. A recent get-together with friends revealed that this...
EVERY PARENT, OR INDEED ANYONE WHO HAS RECENTLY BINGE-WATCHED ‘OUR NICOLE’S’ EMMY AWARD-WINNING PERFORMANCE IN BIG LITTLE LIES, WILL BE FAMILIAR WITH THE EMOTIONALLY-CHARGED CHALLENGE OF KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE IN SCHOOL. The proliferation of...
