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Anyone remember the year that Bromcom didn’t turn up? When Toshiba pulled their sponsorship of Heppell.net and didn’t have space for BETT radio (thankfully the wonderful folk at NetSupport have become a fantastic home for it instead). When BBC stopped coming ... When DfE stopped ... When subject associations stopped ... When TeachMeet went into the arena ... and when it left the arena (one of the smartest moves ever!) Depending on who you talk with *these* were big things ... but others hardly noticed. People read too much into shows or no shows at trade shows. It is business ... no one is going to waste money when a particular show no longer works for them but does for others... and they find other ways of doing things. The bigger the firm the earlier the decision is made about whether they will stay, move or leave ... and once you’ve made the decision then you invest elsewhere. If they made the decision ages ago, have invested elsewhere (which it seems they and others have) then you can’t magically bring in more money to put a stand back because the show owners have realised the mistakes they made that drove some suppliers away. The costs of doing BETT (and other UK tradeshows) is scary ... seriously scary. BESA recognise this and have worked hard to help sort it (a note for smaller firms who are members and don’t exhibit at BETT anymore ... chat to BESA as there are some interesting options) but anyone that decided to give it up for a year or two has thought long and very hard about it ... including possible negative PR and rumour mills ... and they have still opted to spend their marketing money elsewhere. Yes, it will give a number of other firms a boost in many ways ... those doing data analysis are likely to do well. Remember that many Capita partners will still be there ... and talking about what they do to integrate ... MSPs who support Capita products (amongst others)... So yes, it will be different but not that different. Let’s face it ... if you are looking at other setups ... you are looking at other setups.

If the statement isn’t worth as much as it used to be though? And BETT is not what it use to be ... not better or worse ... just different. RM have slowly shrunk. They used the move from Olympia to seriously downsize and then done the same as many others ... moved around. The other thing people might not realise is the cost difference depending on where you are ... closer to the arena can cost more so people *can* move to a smaller stand and it still be more expensive.

New owners of BETT.

I’ve had a few but they are non-school environments (emergency contacts for work or medical contacts) which has been interesting to see. It’s been interesting to see where safeguarding and data protection overlap here ... where parents are agreed contacts for taking children home and so on. This has been a frequent question from some of our schools ... and it is interesting to see in other forums how some schools don’t have any formal record of where agreements are in place to have parents of other children can take certain children home. @elsiegee40 ... something to chat about soon.

The commercialisation is probably in reference to the same as I have said in the past, as many others have ... It is not the commerce of selling to schools, but the importance of the owners squeezing as much money out of exhibitors as possible. Remember that many trade shows have an entry fee for some or all of it ... in the case of BETT (and similar) it is the exhibitors, sponsors and media partners that take this on ... and UK shows are not cheap. In other few paying shows you draw a crowd and speakers are part of that draw ... the better the speakers the more tickets you sell for keynotes and the like. You try to get a target audience that want to buy tickets. In the case of BETT, you are trying to get a target audience that is based on a) buying the exhibitors’ products and b) are going to see effective use within the school ... the education bit. If the focus is on just one you won’t get the footfall So big companies *will* invest elsewhere. People say Capita are big ... Scholastic are the world’s biggest children’s publisher but they pulled out 2 years ago. IIRC Crick Software shifted their investment to overseas trade ... This what happens with trade shows. There are lots of events so you focus where it will make most difference. Yes, the new owners have come up with a new focus but when you have already made your decisions about where you are committing your marketing spend you *can’t* suddenly change. We may see more folk back in 2020 ... we’ll just have to wait and see.

Said every EdTech supplier, teacher, techie, Governor and parent at BETT!

Yep, we had fun with it today too.

I think they may be aware! Actually, the LearnED roadshows look as if they are going to be pretty good. Anyone going to them?

Having run stands at BETT I can fully appreciate why *any* supplier might pull for a year or two and concentrate on other events. It’s down to how many people you can see and RoI... something the BETT owners have been nagged on over many years. There is now a new owner for BETT and a number of the team that *really* understand BETT are taking a more pivotal role ... so we *will* see changes over the next few years ... and that could mean some suppliers drop for a year to focus on other events (some of which are owned by the same people).

There is a difference between what is required to be kept by legislation (the IRMS Toolkit is fantastic to help with that) and what you thing *should* be kept as it is operationally useful, is helpful to former student / staff or needs to be looked at for transfer to your School Archive. The DfE Data Protection Toolkit explains that in a bit more detail as it discusses data minimisation (the example of a picture being blurred over time). When considering staff emails, depending on the system you use you can specify retention periods that differ depending on location / tags / etc. I'd be interested if any members are doing this. It's also important to remember that Records Management is about Classification ... know what you've got and where it fits in ... you *must* put relevant information in the *relevant* system, no matter if it came in by email, post, phone message, carrier pigeon (including RFC2549) ... that way you can keep mailboxes 'clean' and info in the right place. It used to be easier when we had limited space in mailboxes ... but now many people use it as the storage itself.

Just following up on @rom1984 explanation ... the case officer may have presumed you already point out where you inform data subjects of where you don’t apply the rights of the data subject within the Privacy Notice. If you do this, then just point to the PN.

There will an update to the IRMS toolkit early next year and it will help cover this for you. Several EG members have committed personal time on it so we will update you as soon as we can.

The problem with that position is that you do not know who the ex-member of staff will be sharing that data with, e.g. unions, book publishers, journalists, lawyers. If they know the details and context they can fill in the blanks themselves. This is an important consideration when considering the privacy of individuals.

It was pre-GDPR, but that shouldn’t matter too much. The legislation involved in needing the emails hasn’t really changed, There will be an update out early next year but you should be able to work with it as it is.

The restaurant is not a public body with a duty of care. The school is and they work with external parties (in this case the caterers) to deliver this.

Queen are like any other ‘historic’ band ... their back catalogue is a way of gaining a new audience in each new musical generation (I think it was Malcolm McLaren who said a musical generation is the length of time it takes for one genre of music to be hated the first time it is heard by a new bunch of money spending teenagers!) There is also something to be said for remastering ... as much as I love some albums, the production was crap and they sound so dated ... and if the are remastered and reproduced you can get a vastly different sound. Take Freddie’s solo work as an example. I won’t by everything ... but I will buy things I find has changed more towards my liking. Then again, I’m also picking up some rereleases now that I didn’t have ... because my daughter prefers some original tracks.

A) you are not a minor and b) this is why the type of data and purpose for processing matters. There are different risks when processing different types of data. The DPIA might say it is more efficient / effective to deal with it all at the same (i.e. often the most restrictive) level and methods ... and that will differ from school to school, restaurant to restaurant. In the case of allergies, there is a risk to health (often a risk to life) and H&S will day you need to apply ALARP... and has a large effect on what processing takes place. If there is a need to process data and you have lawful basis (in this case Art. 6 could be considered Legal Obligations to comply with H&S laws) then you do so. It is not a surprise that H&S and Data Protection are heavily based on risk assessments and have to take into account a lot of other laws / statutory guidance.

@john @robk ... there is an unbeliever!!!

H&S will not allow you to completely put off a risk to health to others. Minors can increasingly take on responsibility but not own the whole risk. Also remember that should a child suffer from anaphylaxis then the first responder may be one of the kitchen staff.

I remember the critics also knocking We Will Rock You.

The catering company are a Data Processor of the school and, as such, there should be a Data Sharing Agreement in place (within the contract, T&Cs or as a separate document) ... and they process what is agreed by the school. Where catering and medical data is needed then remember the following ... 1) the catering staff need to be able to tie the child to the allergy. They are front line when it comes to making sure children do not eat food that could harm them. If they not know, then problems occur. 2) choosing the Lawful Basis depends on the type of data and the purpose. For special category personal data you need a reason from both Article 6 and Article 9. In this case you could look at Legal Obligation (H&S), Public Task (Safeguarding of children) or even Vital Interests ... For article 9, you would look at 9.2© (Vital Interest) or 9.2(g) (Substantial Public Interest) in all likelihood. You could always use Explicit Consent, but that probably is not the best option. 3) it is a risk assessment. Not everyone in the catering firm will need to know the information so ask what safeguards are in place so that only key people have and use it.

Partly agree with all the above that parental consent is needed ... however ... This is transfer to a separate data controller for a non-statutory reason ... Nope. Get them to collect the information and consent.

Not reportable. Due to action taken there was no risk to the data subject.

Yes, however mitigating action was taken so there was there was no risk to the data subject. Not reportable.

My favourite from army days ... Be alert The army needs lerts!