The UK’s Department for Education ‘failed to protect children’s data’
A National Pupil Database held by the UK’s Department of Education had ‘no formal proactive oversight’ to protect children’s data, the Information Commissioner’s Office has found.
The ICO concluded in its compulsory audit this week that DfE had ‘no formal proactive oversight of any function of information governance’ relating to data for millions of children.
Source: The UK’s Department for Education ‘failed to protect children’s data’