Apologies for the previously cryptic message. I was replying to one of the former emails on this subject and thought the thread would be attached to my message.
Briefly, the Student Support Org offers private tuition. They produce a form which schools send out to parents with a covering letter, purportedly from the school, though I suspect SSO provided the wording and do the printing/envelope stuffing. The message on the envelope, school letter and the form are very clear that the form must be returned to the school, either saying that as a parent you wish to express an interest in SSO's services, or not, as the case may be. The form gets returned to SSO, with details about child and parent included.
There are clear DP implications to this, and I was wondering if anyone else had taken the time to raise this matter with their school or SSO?
Carolyn Howard
Solicitor
Leicester City Council
email: [log in to unmask]
ext: 29 6498
tel: 0116 252 6498
(Office hours: Mon a.m./Tue/Thu)
>>> "Simon Howarth" 22/03/11 5:44 PM >>>
Hi Carolyn,
I found the thread back from May last year (Holy thread resurrection, Batman!). I have not received a letter, but if I did I would be paying a visit to the headmaster the following morning and explaining in detailed fashion how and why this is not a good idea!
For anyone with an interest in home tuition a new website has just launched which may be of interest - www.stuckonhomework.com, I heard about on the radio last night but can't comment on its effectiveness.
Simon Howarth.
-----Original Message-----
From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carolyn Howard
Sent: 22 March 2011 16:05
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [data-protection] Schools and the Student Support Centre
I've just had this letter from my son's school, and feel I ought to raise it with the headteacher. Did anyone on the list ever raise it with their school or with the company involved following the last messages in this thread?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|