Funding for GDPR

[maturelady]

I am trying to find if there is any funding for GDPR implementation in schools.

 

I have asked a number of local authorities under the freedom of information about funding for GDPR implementation in the authority.

 

I've had 1 reply. Here are the questions and answers:

 

1. How much of local authority budget in 2017-2018 has been allocated for resources to ensure the authority meets its GDPR statutory requirement by May

2018?

 

xxxxx County Council has allocated up to £179,000 of budget for 2017/18 to the GDPR project.

 

2. How much of this budget has been allocated to schools?

 

None of this budget has been allocated specifically to schools.

 

You may wish to ask your authority. However if only £179K has been allocated for all services in this authority it will not scrape the surface.

 

We'll keep looking - anyone found any?

[sparkeh]

After a fair bit if digging and irritating people at our LA I was told that they wouldn't be providing any support or guidance for schools at all, let alone funding

[enjay]

There will be a lot of time, obviously, and I can see we might need to change a few systems or suppliers which could be more expensive, plus potentially outsourcing the DPO role. Are there other expenses you think we might incur as a result of ensuring GDPR compliance?

[Hedgehog13]

I asked a similar question at the BESA event yesterday where they had a panel of experts discussing school funding. Only one authority had taken any action (Essex) and most worrying was the fact that it was simply ignored by the majority of the panel - including the Chair of the National Governance Association who advise school governors etc...I had expected them to reply that they had worries about funding and support etc. but the question was simply ignored completely instead.

[maturelady]

Appointing an external DPO will be expensive but if you can find someone inside school - ie someone that is not involved in decision making for data management then time will be your biggest expense. Remember the DPO is overseeing compliance not doing it, to get systems in order will still need you guys.

 

Getting you GDPR compliant and then keeping you there will eat up a lot of time. ...and when someone is doing this who is doing their job.