Wouldnt this be part of standard 'educational purposes' for which you are undoubtedly already registered? BoB Waixel. Samantha Hill wrote: >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 > >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > All archives of messages are stored permanently and are > available to the world wide web community at large at > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html > If you wish to leave this list please send the command > leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] >All user commands can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm > Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner > [log in to unmask] > Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your needs > To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: > SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] > (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > -- -- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Unencrypted Email is an insecure communications medium, -- so be aware that any correspondence may possibly be viewed -- by others en route. -- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Robert (Bob) Waixel CITP, MBCS, MCInstM, ILTM -- Snr. Lecturer - Dept. of Computing -- Pathway Leader - Joint Honours (Computing - Cambridge) -- AP(E)L adviser - (Computing - Cambridge) -- -- Faculty of Science and Technology -- Room BRY 112, Bryant Building, -- Anglia Ruskin University, Tel: +44 (0) 1223 363271 x 2342 -- East Road, Direct Dial 0845 196 2342 -- Cambridge, CB1 1PT, UK Fax: +44 (0) 1223 417712 -- email: <[log in to unmask]> -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Emailing from Home -- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- To err is human. To really foul things up ... you need a computer. -- -- Schlimmbesserung (nearly ger.): An improvement that makes matters worse. -- -- Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into aero engines. -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm Any queries about sending or receiving messages please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] Full help Desk - please email [log in to unmask] describing your needs To receive these emails in HTML format send the command: SET data-protection HTML to [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^