Child Safety on the Internet

Mrs Fitzsimons made this Freedom of Information request to Suffolk 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: Information Compliance Helpdesk
Suffolk County Council

22 October 2009

Thank you for your correspondence with Suffolk County Council's
Information Compliance Helpdesk.

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From: Information Compliance Helpdesk
Suffolk County Council

22 October 2009

Dear Mrs. Fitzsimons

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Thank you for your email of 22 October 2009 requesting information about
details of the Internet Safety Actions and Initiatives currently in place
throughout the region.

Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.

If you have any queries about this request do not hesitate to contact us.
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.

Yours sincerely,

Adele Rhodes Girling
Information Compliance Officer
Corporate Information and Records Management
Scrutiny and Monitoring
Suffolk County Council
Endeavour House
Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2BX

Tel: 01473 264618
Email: [1][email address]
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From: Information Compliance Helpdesk
Suffolk County Council

9 December 2009

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Dear Mrs. Fitzsimons

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - REQUEST RESPONSE

Thank you for your email of 22 October 2009 requesting information about
details of the Internet Safety Actions and Initiatives currently in place
throughout the region.

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Yours sincerely,

Adele Rhodes Girling
Information Compliance Officer
Corporate Information and Records Management
Scrutiny and Monitoring
Suffolk County Council
Endeavour House
Russell Road
Ipswich
IP1 2BX

Tel: 01473 264618
Email: [4][email address]
Web: [5]www.suffolk.gov.uk

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