Legalites aside, I can probably tell you now that there is in fact
correlation between the amount of work students do and their results.
I wonder if there is any relationship between results and the amount of
time the staff spend rectifying the actual issue compared to time spent
chasing statistics.
Sorry. Its Friday.
Ian
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Samantha Hill
Sent: 02 March 2007 11:56
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Subject: [data-protection] Access to computer log-in details
Dear All
I would appreciate your comments on a question that has arisen here.
A lecturer has requested the log-in records for students to a particular
computing system as he believes there will be a correlation between
recent
poor exam results and the amount of times the students have accessed
this
computer system. In providing the log-in records we would be disclosing
the personal data of the students as I think the purpose is to be able
to
say Student A accessed the system once for 5 minutes and got 10% whereas
Student B accessed the system 10 times for an hour each time and got
70%.
As far as I can find out we have not told the students that we will be
doing this, nor that the findings will be discussed with the external
examiner who is bound to question the low marks, so I have problems with
disclosing the student's personal data - unless the sixth condition of
Schedule 2, that the processing is necessary for the purposes of
legitimate interests of the data controller, can be used.
I would be grateful for comments on whether this processing would be
considered a legitimate purpose and/ or others experience of a similar
situation.
Thanks very much
Samantha Hill
University of Portsmouth
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