Child Safety on the Internet

Mrs Fitzsimons made this Freedom of Information request to East Sussex County Council

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From: Mrs Fitzsimons

22 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.

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.

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 is there 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: Freedom of Information
East Sussex County Council

22 October 2009

Dear Mrs Fitzsimons,

FOI Request Ref 2009 / 510 / Fitzsimons / Child Safety on the Internet

Thank you for your request for information about child safety on the
internet. Your request was received on 22 October, and I am dealing with
it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We always aim to respond as quickly as possible, and certainly no later
than 19 November, which is the 20 working day deadline. The deadline is
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Yours sincerely

Lynn Harris
Freedom of Information Team
C6F, County Hall
St Anne's Crescent, Lewes BN7 1SW
Tel 01273 481178
email: [East Sussex County Council request email]

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13 November 2009

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Dear Mrs Fitzsimmons,

FOI request ref 2009 / 510 / Fitzsimmons / Child safety on internet

As promised in our email of 22 October, I am writing to advise the outcome
of our search for the information you requested on that date.

You asked for information regarding child safety on the internet. Some of
the information is not held by the County Council. Your specific
questions, together with our response, are at the end of this email.

I hope that this answers your enquiry. If you believe that the County
Council has not complied with the FOI Act in responding to your request,
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the grounds of your appeal in writing to Andrew Ogden, Director of Law and
Personnel, East Sussex County Council, County Hall, St Anne's Crescent,
Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1SW, or by email to him at
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in any communication regarding this particular request.

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at: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Tel: 01625 545 700.
[2]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely

Jane Bartlett
Freedom of Information Officer
East Sussex County Council
C6F, County Hall
St Anne's Crescent
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 1SW

Phone: 01273 482913 Fax: 01273 481208
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