Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Student registration: sensitive data removed of "base students"

in the Official Order of the Ministry of Education on the roster of students from kindergarten and primary, called Base students, "experienced since 2005. The text does appear certain sensitive data, such as occupation and social class of parents, family status of the student, reported absenteeism or special educational needs.
This is what the ministry promised last June to silence the controversy launched by associations. Data on the nationality or ethnicity of students, their parents or guardians had already been withdrawn from the base.
The League of Human Rights, mounted the niche against the file "Base students," welcomes the contents of the Order. According to her, he sets a limited data may be recorded and the duration of their conservation, prohibits the collection of information on nationality and on "racial or ethnic origin" [sic], limit the Mayors access to data that fall strictly within their jurisdiction and imposes the anonymization of data transmitted to the administrative services of National Education. " It nevertheless called the "maintenance of greater vigilance against the implementation of this Order."
The only personal data in the file are: identification and details of the student, identifying his or her guardians, persons to contact in case of emergency or authorized to take charge students out of school, school student activities. The maximum conservation of these data will not exceed the end of the calendar year in which the student is enrolled in the first degree.

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