Child Safety on the Internet

Mrs Fitzsimons made this Freedom of Information request to West Dunbartonshire Council

The request was refused by West Dunbartonshire Council.

From: Mrs Fitzsimons

21 October 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

This request relates to the safe use of the Internet by Primary and
Secondary School pupils in your region.

Resources:
1. The Byron Review, published 27 March 2008,
2. The Byron Review Action Plan, published 24th June 2008.
3. Written Answer from Scottish Parliament, Maureen Watt dated 24
January 2008. (S3W-08434)

The resources above relate to the safety and education of children
using the Internet at Home and School, and the responsibility of
government, local and national to ensure that children are educated
and protected whilst doing so.

Maureen Watt’s written answer stated that “The Scottish Government
wants children and young people to make full use of the internet
and is committed to ensuring that they are able to do so in a safe
and responsible manner”.

I hereby request under the Freedom of Information Act full details
of the Internet Safety Actions and Initiatives currently in place
throughout the region.

1. Internet Safety Education provided as part of the school
curriculum.

- Within your schools has a specific program aimed at teaching
children about staying safe online, including cyber bullying been
integrated into the curriculum?
- If yes, who is responsible for delivery and what
accreditations/training have they received? For example, teacher,
CEOP trained ambassador.
- If yes, how often is internet safety training integrated into the
school curriculum, i.e. weekly, monthly etc
- If no, what steps/timeframes are being taken for implementation?

2. Internet Filtering

- Do the primary and secondary schools within your authority have
internet filtering in place?
- If yes, what tools do you use? For example Hardware or Software?
- If yes, what is the name of your internet filtering supplier and
when was their contract last renewed/due for renewal?

3. Internet Filtering Breaches

- Have any of the Schools within the past 24 months experienced a
breach of Internet Filtering where children were able to access
pornography or Indecent images. Please provide details of School
Type(Primary or Secondary), Date of Breach and Type of Unsuitable
material accessed.
- If a breach of security occurred how was your authority notified?
For example, by a parent, by the school, through an automated alert
provided by hardware/software supplier.

Yours truly,
Mrs A Fitzsimons

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From: FOI
West Dunbartonshire Council

21 October 2009

Hello,

This is to acknowledge receipt of your FOI request. I have passed it to the relevant department to consider and respond.

We will respond within 20 working days.

Regards,

Nuala

Nuala Quinn-Ross
Admin Support
West Dunbartonshire Council
Legal, Administrative and Regulatory Services
Garshake Road
Dumbarton G82 3PU
01389 737524

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From: Heather Mackay
West Dunbartonshire Council

8 January 2010

Hello Mrs Fitzsimons

We have tried several times to contact you at the email address you
provided. Unfortunately when we respond using this address we
always receive an error message such as the one below. Regards
Heather Mackay

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Dear Mrs Fitzsimmons

Please find attached West Dunbartonshire Council's response to your
recent = FOI request and attachments.

Regards

Heather Mackay Records Management Officer Legal, Administrative and
Regulatory Services West Dunbartonshire Council T: 013897 37311
Email: [email address]

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John Cross left an annotation (23 April 2011)

Given the length of time since the original request, I have decided not to resend. I will mark as rejected as pubic authority did not fully respond and requester has not indicated that they intend to chase.

John Cross - volunteer

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