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EU GDPR Summary for Schools
You may be wondering why we need new privacy laws. As it stands, data privacy laws vary from country to country within the EU, with little harmonisation. This causes confusion, reduces trust and ultimately undermines the effectiveness of data privacy laws. The GDPR is intended as a 'one-stop-shop' bringing with it a high level of alignment across the European Union. This of course also makes it far easier to administer and enforce. The following are the key elements of the GDPR. We'll be going into the details of each one of these in future blog posts. If you're not already subscribed, you can get email alerts as soon as we publish new articles.
The true value of school management software
Like all tools, the real value comes from not what they can potentially do but what you actually do with them. This is particularly true of school management software which can bring significant efficiencies to school administration. The problem is that these systems generally have an overwhelming amount of functionality that can end up unused or worse, completely misused, eroding the value of your investment.
MCA technology award finalist!
We're particularly excited today to find out we've been chosen as a finalist for the 2016 MCA eBusiness awards, 'Best use of Technology in Business Transformation'. Every year, the MCA eBusiness awards celebrate and acknowledge the best examples of web based technology & innovation in Malta. The awards aim to encourage digital innovation and growth across the width and breadth of the country's industry and society.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) glossary for schools
There are many specialised words and terms associated with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These are the most common ones. Binding Corporate Rules (BCR) Corporate rules to allow multinational organisations such as multi national school networks to safely and legally transfer data internally (within the organisation) but across EU borders. Consent Freely given, specific, informed and explicit consent by statement or action by the student, parent, staff member or any person signifying agreement to the processing of their personal data. read more about consent Data Controller This is the school. Determines the purposes, conditions and means of the processing of personal data.
GDPR Intro: privacy law affecting school data security for schools.
The General Data Protection Regulation is the EU’s tough new privacy and data protection law designed to significantly strengthen all EU citizens' rights and security relating to the data you store about them. This includes students, staff and parent's right to legal action against the school or ‘student information system’ supplier and the right to compensation regarding misuse of their personal data.
MySchool is ISO27001 and ISO9001 certified
We are proud to announce that MySchool has now attained the internationally recognised ISO standards certification for ISO27001 'Information Security' and ISO9001 'Quality Management'. MySchool is entrusted by its customers with the security, privacy and integrity of personal data belonging to thousands of students, staff and parents. The protection of our customers' data is a core to our business and these two certifications represent a significant enhancement to the security and integrity of the service we offer.
Buying School Management Software: 5 Things to Consider
Before finally settling on a school management system there are a few final details to look into in order to ensure that your school is getting the best solution for its money. Here are 5 of the most important features to look for in your provider’s pricing.
Choosing the Right School Management Software
Any seasoned education professional knows that when the time comes to upgrade or invest in a school management system, finding the perfect solution to suit your school’s specific needs can be far from simple, and a few key points need to be considered before making that all-important first step into the future. To streamline that search, just keep these 3 key aspects in mind when choosing your school management software.
1.2 MySchool Update
Over the past couple of months, we’ve been reviewing our services, the way we work, and how we can make MySchool better. As a result, we’re redesigning many of our work processes to be more efficient, upgrading our support infrastructure and redesigning our product and service pricing to be more flexible and easier to understand. We're currently in the process of rolling out the 1.2 update and a few of you have already been upgraded. We'll have everyone onboard by early 2016.