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ICO Exam Exceptions for Data Access Requests

ICO Exemptions on Exam Scripts Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, most school and university exams have been abandoned. Teachers and lecturers will be conducting and submitting pupil assessments. These will form the basis of grades. We’re getting a lot of questions regarding the rights of the pupils and students, under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). What people want to know is, can you use the GDPR to find out what has been submitted by the institution about a student or pupil?

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ICO Enforcements in the First Half of 2020

ICO Enforcements in the First Six Months of 2020 The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued the following fines in the first half of 2020. Interestingly, two of them were against individuals, not businesses. Two of the fines issued to businesses were for one half of a million pounds. Ouch. Decision Technologies Limited 2nd July Price comparison and technology company fined £90,000 for a contravention of Regulation 22 of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.

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