Child Safety on the Internet

Mrs Fitzsimons made this Freedom of Information request to Cumbria 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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Cumbria County Council

23 October 2009

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000-REQUEST ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

REFERENCE: FOI 2009-457

Dear Mrs Fitzsimmons

Thank you for your request for information regarding safe use of internet
by Primary and Secondary School pupils in the region, which was received
22 October 2009.

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires that we deal with requests
such as this promptly and in any event not later than the twentieth
working day following the receipt of the request; in this case the date is
19 November 2009. If there are costs involved in providing you with the
information a member of the Information Team will contact you.

Yours sincerely,

Corporate Information Team

Adult and Cultural Services

Cumbria County Council

Lower Gaolyard . The Courts . Carlisle . Cumbria . CA3 8NA

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000-DISCLOSURE

REFERENCE: FOI 2009-457

Please find attached a response to your request for information.

Yours sincerely,

Corporate Information Team

Adult and Cultural Services

Cumbria County Council

Lower Gaolyard . The Courts . Carlisle . Cumbria . CA3 8NA

Telephone: (01228) 221234 E-mail: [1][Cumbria County Council request email]

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