Data protection of Elective Home Education records

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Dear Newcastle upon Tyne City Council

Following the results of a study of data breaches by privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch, please send details of how Elective Home Education (EHE) records are stored and taken or transmitted from your EHE office.

I would be grateful if you could:

1/ give an explanation of methods of storage and how data is protected if records are kept temporarily or permanently at the home address of any of your EHE team,

2/ explain how data is protected at different addresses and in transit to different addresses,

3/ include in your response the type and level of encryption used,

4/ send the council's data protection policy documents.

Yours sincerely

Peter D Williams

Freedom Of Information Requests Mailbox, Newcastle upon Tyne City Council

FOI – 9190

Thank you for your request for information. We are dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We have passed your request to relevant colleagues who will respond within 20 working days starting the working day after receipt of your request.

Regards
Freedom of Information Team

       

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Wellbeing Care and Learning FOI, Newcastle upon Tyne City Council

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Dear Peter,

Please see attached response to your recent Freedom of Information
request.

Regards,

Louise

Louise Appleby

Complaints and School Appeals Officer

Civic Centre

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 8QH

 

Tel: 0191 2115304

[mobile number]

 

Please note I do not work Mondays

Good morning Louise

I am grateful to you for your email of 28 August 2015 – a clear and prompt response to my Freedom of Information request about data protection of elective home education records. Thank you.

Kind regards

Peter