Dear Rebecca Moody

Our Reference:  2019-20 12

Thank you for your request for information dated and received on 7
February 2020 concerning Abingdon and Witney College.   This request is
being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 

In regard to your questions, I can neither confirm nor deny that Abingdon
and Witney College holds some of the information you requested.  A full
response, including indications of any exemptions claimed, will be
provided in my next letter/email. 

Yours sincerely 

Ruth Reavley 

Ruth Reavley

Clerk to the Corporation Governors

Abingdon & Witney College | Wootton Road | Abingdon | Oxfordshire | OX14
1GG

01235 216 369 (Wednesday) | 01993 208106 (Tuesday & Thursday)

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Response by email: [1][FOI #644469 email]

Dear Rebecca Moody

Thank you for your request for information dated and received on 21
February 2020 concerning Abingdon and Witney College.  This request is
being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please find below our responses regarding the monitoring of students'
private social media accounts:

1. Does your school/institution actively search through students' private
social media accounts to:

a) Look for negative comments (i.e. against other students or staff
members)  No

b) Gauge your institution's standards (i.e. the type of feedback your
institution receives)  No

c) Safeguard students' well-being (i.e. to try and spot the early signs of
suicidal thoughts) [Please indicate which of the above you do/don't do.] 
No

2. Does your school/institution employ any kind of software that helps you
search through students' private social media accounts for certain
comments or images?  No

3. Does your school/institution have a policy in place which allows for
the monitoring of students' private social media accounts?   No, it does
not

4. Is your school/institution looking to employ software and/or policies
that will enable you to monitor students' private social media accounts in
the future?  No, this is not something we are considering

5. If the answer is "yes" for question 4, what reason is given for this?

If this information does not address your requirements under the Freedom
of Information Act or you wish to complain about any aspect of the
handling of this request, then you should contact the undersigned in the
first instance. Should you remain dissatisfied, then you may apply for an
internal review by contacting The Principal,  Abingdon and Witney College,
Abingdon Campus, Wootton Road, Abingdon Oxon OX14 1GG (email
[2][email address]).  Your request for internal review
should be submitted to us within 40 working days of receipt by you of this
response. 

During the independent review the handling of your information request
will be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with
this response. If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your
request or complaint, you have a right to appeal to the Information
Commissioner at The Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF. Further contact information and
details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be
found on the Commissioner's website: [3]http://www.ico.org.uk/ 

Please note that the Information Commissioner is unlikely to investigate
your case until the College’s internal review process has been completed.

Yours sincerely

Ruth Reavley

Clerk to the Corporation Governors

Abingdon & Witney College | Wootton Road | Abingdon | Oxfordshire | OX14
1GG

01235 216 369 (Wednesday) | 01993 208106 (Tuesday & Thursday)

EMAIL DISCLAIMER/CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT

This email message and any attachments are confidential and intended for
the addressee(s) only. If they have come to you in error then you must not
disclose, copy or distribute the contents to anyone. Please notify sender
of the error and ensure you delete the message and any attachments from
your system.

Abingdon and Witney College accepts no responsibility for computer viruses
and recommends that the addressee check for viruses before opening any
attachments.

Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily represent those of Abingdon and Witney College. The college
does not accept legal responsibility for those views.

The Internet is not secure and therefore Abingdon and Witney College does
not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Please
note that Abingdon and Witney College may intercept in and outbound
messages.

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