On Sunday, November 04, 2001 5:28 PM
"Trent,Tim" <[log in to unmask]> said:-
> While her address wil be kept private by the school, it is not beyond the
> wit of some simple research (http://www.192.com springs to mind) to find
out
> the address and for an upset parent to arrive to harass or harm her in our
> home.
192.com provide a form (C01 form) for persons to submit to be removed from
their lists. It is available on their website
(http://www.192.com/privacypolicy.cfm# - under the heading "May I review,
correct or delete my personal information?
") and also on the UK-Info disc CD-ROMS they circulate.
Following an approach to an individual associated with my organisation, by a
particulary dangerous person who had used 192.com to trace them, alot of
people took advantage of that form.
I am given to understand that the fax number is a very high cost premium
rate number though, so it would seem best to advise people to post the form
to the address given on it. If the teacher is feeling vulnerable because of
the publication of their details by a company who have obtained their
details without their knowledge it would seem most reasonable to submit that
form as quickly as possible.
I would have thought that teachers were potentially more at risk of being
traced by pupils/students at their home address for a friendly visit, phone
call, or student prank than any violent episode though. ;-)
Ian W
----- Original Message -----
From: "Trent,Tim" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 5:28 PM
Subject: Risks to teachers etc
> A friend works in a primary school. She is often asked by the headmaster
to
> produce reports about children. In addition she sees children with
unusual
> behaviours in the class. She and her colleague class teacher are
concerned
> about one child in particular. We'll call him "Fred", though that is not
> his name.
>
> The history IS relevant, so please bear with me.
>
> Fred is five years old, and exhibits an unusual reticence with adults.
This
> is not "natural shyness", but is unusual behaviour for his age group, and
> indeed for a younger age group, even for a complete infant. Fred also
"has
> nightmares when daddy comes to stay" (the family is separated, and daddy
is
> many miles distant). Fred is not s stupid child. His intelligence is
> "average", but his ability to work, to recall facts, even facts given
> carefully, one on one, a moment ago is minimal. In short his behaviour is
> as though he is shutting out the world.
>
> One might suggest that such behaviour may be caused by something deeply
> "wrong" in the home environment. This could be anything on a scale
starting
> at "Simply no time for Fred at all" through physical abuse to sexual
abuse.
> Naturally my friend is not competent to discover this, nor is the class
> teacher, nor is it their role to do anything other than report their
> thoughts to the headmaster.
>
> It is the headmaster's job to notify the social services of any
> considerations which may be important for them to know about Fred.
Rightly
> this is not delegated to individual teachers. It is a "top level in the
> school decision". However, teachers have often expressed frustration that
> either the headmaster does not act, or does not appear to act in the great
> majority of such cases (there is an alarming incidence of "unusual"
children
> at this school).
>
> My friend has suggested that she ought to notify the headmaster in writing
> in all cases including Fred's case. And this is where the concern for her
> personal safety starts.
>
> Given that such information is sensitive information under the DPA 1998,
and
> given that as soon as she commits it to writing and passes the memo to the
> headmaster, the memo becomes subject to the act (she will not retain it in
> any filing scheme of her own), she is concerned that an SAR requesting
data
> held on Fred and/or on Fred's parents would reveal her own role in
reporting
> suspicions.
>
> While her address wil be kept private by the school, it is not beyond the
> wit of some simple research (http://www.192.com springs to mind) to find
out
> the address and for an upset parent to arrive to harass or harm her in our
> home. Most parents do not take kindly to social services investigations!
>
> In my own employed role this is not a challenge I face. My questions to
the
> group include:
>
> Have you had to face this?
> How is the teacher's identity protected while complying with the act?
>
> In addition you may find other aspects for mutual help here.
> _____________________________________________________________
> Tim Trent
> Chief Privacy Officer EMEA
> > Gartner
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other
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way.
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