Question
John Mann
Labour
Bassetlaw
Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department takes to ensure that commercial organisations which sell access to school websites and teachers' emails do so securely and responsibly.
Answered on
10 February 2017
The Department for Education provides advice to help schools understand their obligations and duties in relation to the Data Protection Act 1998 (the DPA).
This advice is underpinned by a supplier self-certification scheme which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cloud-software-services-and-the-data-protection-act
Answered by
Department for Education
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