Hi !
Last week, we had what turned out to be the final advisory webinar session with Ullensvang Municipalityâfor now! It was our last session because we successfully completed the assessment of all risk scenarios in the actual Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA).
You can find recordings from the webinars, as well as the draft DPIA and Ullensvang Municipalityâs full risk assessment, available for download here.
But firstâlet's celebrate that Ullensvang Municipality has completed their DPIA for now!
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At SkoleSec, we like to emphasize that every such milestone should be celebrated. In general, we donât celebrate enough when it comes to privacy and information security. Weâre always rushing on to the next task.
And the truth is, this work is like a bottomless pitâthere will always be more to do.
Which is exactly why itâs so important to stop and celebrate. And it doesnât have to be a big deal.
It can be as simple as taking a deep breath in.
Breathing out.
Patting yourself on the shoulder.
Yes, I mean itâphysically pat yourself on the shoulder.
And say âwell doneâ to yourself.
Does it feel awkward? Doesnât matter. This is a celebration. And it works.
Donât you feel at least 2% more satisfied now?
I bet you do!
It IS a lot of work to take a DPIA from 80 to 100%
It takes time. And thatâs what we hear from other school owners too, as they begin the work of adapting the national DPIA to their own context: it takes time. And it feels like MUCH MORE than just 20%.
We get it. It took us six webinar sessions to tailor the national DPIA to Ullensvang. Thatâs roughly 9 hours in total.
It may not sound like much, but keep in mindâitâs nearly impossible to work intensively on a DPIA for more than 1.5 hours at a time.
At least, thatâs our experience: 1 hour goes smoothly, 2 hours is stretching it. 1.5 hours is the golden middle ground.
So if youâre looking at the DPIA adjustments ahead and thinking that 20% is a lot of work, youâre absolutely right.
Whatâs next?
Does this mean Ullensvang is finished? Unfortunately, no. Thereâs still more to be done.
First: the DPIA was written in BokmÄl, while Ullensvang is a Nynorsk municipality.
Second: after completing the privacy impact assessment, Ullensvang is left with a long list of follow-up actions.
And thatâs where the bulk of the work now liesâimplementing the changes that actually need to happen as a result of the DPIA.
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.