Internet Filtering Systems

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Dear Orkney Islands Council,

1. Internet Filtering

- Do the primary schools, secondary schools and libraries 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?

2. Internet Filtering Breaches

- Have any of the Schools/Libraries within the past 24 months experienced a breach of Internet Filtering where people were able to access restricted content. Please provide details of Location Type(Primary School, Secondary School or Library), 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 etc...

Yours faithfully,

Neil Hearn

foi, Orkney Islands Council

Dear Sir

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Request for Information

Thank you for your information request dated 26 February 2016 and received on 26 February 2016. Our reference is FOI 2016-0215. This is being dealt with under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

We are considering your request. We may be in touch soon to ask for further clarification or to offer advice and assistance if we are not able to fulfil your request in its present form.

The legislation allows us up to 20 working days from the date that we receive a valid request, including any clarification we need to make a final response. We will be in touch within 20 working days of receipt of your initial request to provide our response or to seek clarification where necessary. We hope to give you the information you are looking for at an earlier date if possible.

Kind regards

Katy Russell-Duff
Administrative Officer
Administration Support Team
Corporate Services
Orkney Islands Council, Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY
Telephone 01856 873535 Extension 2210

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foi, Orkney Islands Council

Dear Sir

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 – Request for Information

I refer to your email dated 26 February 2016 and received on 26 February 2016, our reference is FOI 2016-0215.

I am pleased to give the information you requested and hope that it meets your requirements.

1.Internet Filtering

Do the primary schools, secondary schools and libraries 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?
Yes we do - it is called smartfilter - licenced within firewall package yearly in May

2. Internet Filtering Breaches

Have any of the Schools/Libraries within the past 24 months experienced a breach of Internet Filtering where people were able to access restricted content. Please provide details of Location Type(Primary School, Secondary School or Library), Date of Breach and Type of Unsuitable material accessed
No breach was experienced in a school or library within the last 24 months that we have received a notification of.

You have the right to request a review of the decision if you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your request. Please write to: Head of Legal Services, Council Offices, School Place, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY or email to [Orkney Islands Council request email] to make this request. The law gives you up to 60 working days from when we received your enquiry or 40 working days from when you receive this correspondence, whichever is the later date.

Where the outcome of the review fails to resolve the matter to your complete satisfaction you have the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision, within six months of the date of the decision to a request for a review, or within six months from when we should have responded to your request for a review, whichever is the later date.

Kind regards

George Vickers
Information Governance Officer
Corporate Services
Orkney Islands Council, Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY
Telephone: 01856 873535 Extension: 2162
www.orkney.gov.uk

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