At the local school where my wife works, there is a blackboard (no
surprises there,though I suspect we must now cal lit a "chalk board") in the
staff room.
Every time a staff member is ill, there is a note on the board: "Jean
Smithers cannot come to work today, she has a migraine"
My take on this is that such a message is against the act. It is the
display of private information in a public forum in a manner capable of
identifying the data subject, and containing serious personal data.
The school happens to be a local authority administered school, but this is
no different from it being private sector.
Do any of you, especially those with control of schools where this may be
commonplace, have any comments?
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Tim Trent
Chief Privacy Officer EMEA
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