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Concern that schools are not preparing for new rules on personal data

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The General Data Protection Regulations are the ‘biggest change in 25 years’ to how organisations must manage personal data, but only a fifth of schools are aware of the May 2018 deadline. Pete Henshaw reports

There is concern that schools are not prepared for impending changes to data protection regulations and could therefore be at risk of large fines.

The new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) will come into force on May 25, 2018 and will replace existing data protection laws (the Data Protection Act 1998).

Data experts have said that the new rules represent the biggest change to how organisations process personal information in the last 25 years.

However, a snapshot YouGov survey of educational establishments has shown that only a fifth are aware of the changes.

The findings come after the NHS recently fell victim to the ransomware global cyber attack, when a virus infiltrated its outdated XP Windows system, blocking access to patient records.

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