Data breach in high schools

Summary

The requester asked for the number of student data breaches by Isle of Man high school staff over the last five years. The Department of Education, Sport and Culture confirmed that there was exactly one such data breach during that period.

Key Facts

• The request was received on 17 August 2018.
• The response was issued on 14 September 2018.
• There was one data breach involving student data in the last five years.
• The breach involved data released to the public by high school staff.
• The authority is the Department of Education, Sport and Culture.

Data Disclosed

• 17 August 2018
• 14 September 2018
• one data breach
• last five years
• 577533

Original Request

Please state how many times student data was breached by Isle of Man high schools' staff over the last five years.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Corporate Services Division Department of Education, Sport and Culture Hamilton House Peel Road, Douglas IM1 5EZ Telephone: (01624) 685808 Website: www.gov.im/dec Email: dec@foi.gov.im Our ref: 577533 14 September 2018

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 17 August 2018 and which states:

"Please state how many times student data was breached by Isle of Man high schools' staff over the last five years."

We sought clarification on your request on 17 August which you responded with: ‘. . . what is meant by 'breached'. . .’- data breaches, of information relevant to students, whether personal data or data relating to the students at their schools. . .data that is not allowed to go outside of the schools to the public, data/information that is supposed to be held by the schools confidentially. What data was found to have been released to the public by members of staff from high schools on the Isle of Man? Our response to your request is as follows: From the records held by the High Schools and from information disclosed to the Department we can advise that there was one data breach involving student data in the last five years. Please quote the reference number 577533 in any future communications.

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