Hi !
We’ve had several webinars where we help municipalities fill out the DPIA, and through these sessions, we’ve learned what works and what is challenging.
When it comes to gathering the data subject's opinion, we in the national DPIA project have indeed collected the data subject's opinion.
Therefore, the new version of the DPIA includes a summary of what students, parents, and teachers think about the processing. You can find the DPIA here.
This does not mean that you as a school owner and data controller are prohibited from asking the data subject what they think about your specific processing of personal data in Google Workspace for Education.
In fact, it can be very useful for you to conduct a round of questioning where you ask the data subject about their privacy concerns and what you, as the data controller, could improve. Whether they are aware of their data protection rights and what may be preventing them from exercising those rights.
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: when you gather the data subject's opinion, you will receive a lot of valuable information that you can use to improve privacy in schools.
If you need tips on how to proceed when gathering the data subject's opinion, take a look at this page where we’ve also shared a link to a recording from a LinkedIn Live session where we share our experiences from these processes.
I wish you a wonderful, privacy-friendly week-end!
Best regards,
Ida Thorsrud
Project manager national DPIA
This newsletter was translated from Norwegian to English with assistance from ChatGPT by OpenAI. While it guided our translation, we made independent editorial choices. Any discrepancies result from this combined approach.