Dear Rebecca,

Please find below our responses to the questions in your Freedom of
Information request, which we have dealt with under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.

Our Response

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)
b) Gauge your institution's standards (i.e. the type of feedback your
institution receives)
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.]

We do not actively search students’ private social media accounts.

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?

Our Behaviour, Safeguarding and Online Safety Policies permit us to
reactively look at information students have published online in response
to a specific incident or allegation (e.g. cyber bullying, etc.).

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?

Reactive monitoring is covered by 3 above, we have no plans to proactively
monitor and therefore software and policies are not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

Your Rights

If you are not happy with how your response was handled you can request an
Internal Review within 2 months of this letter by email to
[1][Acland Burghley School, London request email] or post to 93 Burghley Road, London,
NW5 1UJ.  If you are not satisfied with the Internal Review outcome you
can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at
[2][email address]  telephone  0303 123 1113, or post to Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.  The ICO website [3]www.ico.org.uk may be useful. 

Kind regards

Kat

Kat Miller

Director of Operations

020 7485 8515 ext. 2012

[4][email address]

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