Prior consultation Article 36(4)

The request was partially successful.

Dear Information Commissioner's Office,
under the terms of the FOI Act 2000 please provide the following informtion:

Any documents exchanged between the Department for Education ("DfE") and the ICO with regards to the new national data processing projects affecting millions of school pupils in real time, and intended to apply to all 8+ million from September 2022.

Ref: DfE trialling ‘real-time’ attendance https://schoolsweek.co.uk/dfe-trialling-...

In particular we request
(a) the Article 36(4), DPIA and/or documentation that discusses the lawful basis and specific DfE purposes,
(b) recommendations or requirement made about fair processing.

Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Jen Persson

icoaccessinformation, Information Commissioner's Office

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ICO Casework, Information Commissioner's Office

27 May 2022

Our reference: IC-172801-V8R5 

Dear J Persson,

Thank you for your recent request for information. We received your
request on 26 May 2022. Your request will be allocated to an Information
Access Officer who will contact you under the reference number above in
due course.
Under statutory timeframes our response to your freedom of information
request is due by 27 June 2022.
If you have any queries about this information request you may email us,
quoting our reference number in the subject line. Please note that
Information Access Officers are only able to address information requests
to ICO; they are unable to assist with complaints to ICO, or to provide
general advice about the legislation we oversee, as this work is done by
other ICO departments.  
Our privacy notice explains what we do with the personal data you provide
to us when you make an information request:
https://ico.org.uk/global/privacy-notice...
Thank you for your interest in the work of the Information Commissioner's
Office.
Yours sincerely,
Information Access Team
Information Commissioner’s Office 
 

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
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ICO Casework, Information Commissioner's Office

27 June 2022 

Case Reference: IC-172801-V8R5 

Dear J Persson

I am currently considering your request. Some of the information in scope
of your request attracts a qualified exemption and therefore I will need
to conduct a public interest test as to whether the information ought to
be disclosed. 

I am writing to notify you that we can extend the time to respond if we
need additional time to consider the public interest test. I am extending
the time to respond for this request so properly consider the public
interest test in this instance. 

We will provide a further update or a response 26 July 2022.

Yours sincerely,

Craig Ineson 
Senior Information Access Officer 
Information Commissioner's Office

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF
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ICO Casework, Information Commissioner's Office

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22 July 2022 

Case Reference: IC-172801-V8R5

 

Dear J Persson

Please find attached our response to your request. 

Yours sincerely,

Craig Ineson 
Senior Information Access Officer 
Information Commissioner's Office

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF
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