E-Safety Policy

This policy has been drafted by the Principal, who is the Lead Compliance Officer (LCO). It is available on the London School of Emerging Technology website and is addressed to all students and staff. This policy was drafted after consultation with students and faculty, and after taking into consideration guidance issued by the Department for Education. In addition to this policy, students must also comply with the Acceptable Use of ICT Policy and Agreement.

The policy relates to the use of technology, including:

email
The internet
Virtual Learning Environments
Social networking sites and social mobile apps
Instant messaging, chat rooms, blogs and message boards
Mobile phones and smart devices
Handheld game consoles
Other photographic or electronic equipment

Those who use or have access to the LSET’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) systems, whether on or off-site, are covered by this policy, including faculty, students, parents, visitors, and staff. This policy focuses on the (mis)use of any of the above technologies, whether on or off LSET premises, which affects the welfare of others or compromises the reputation or culture of the LSET.

Policy aims

Personal information provided to the Education Institution by you will only be used for the purposes stated when the information is requested. Personal information will not be sold to third parties, or provided to direct marketing companies or other such organisations without your permission. Personal information collected and/or processed by the University is held in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998.

Demographical and statistical information about user behaviour may be collected and used to analyse the popularity and effectiveness of the LSET’s website. Any disclosure of this information will be in aggregate form and will not identify individual users.

We collect data relating to the demographic and interests of our users via tools such as Google Analytics and cookies set by Google advertising networks. This data is used in aggregated form to help improve the site and the Education Institution’s marketing efforts.

The Principal

Mayur Ramgir, Principal of LSET, has a responsibility for overseeing the safety and wellbeing of all members of the LSET community, including e-safety.

It is the Principal’s responsibility to ensure that the team manages technical e-safety monitoring and review, receives adequate support to carry out this task, including authorizing the acquisition of relevant software when needed.

It is the responsibility of the Principal to oversee the procedures that follow a serious breach of e-safety or acceptable use, or an allegation of such, that has been made against a member of the LSET community.

It is the Principal’s responsibility to ensure that the e-Safety Policy and relevant documents are current.

Contact: [email protected]

Teaching and operations staff are responsible for ensuring that:

LSET’s Staff Acceptable Use of ICT Policy and Agreement has been read, understood and signed by them.

Any suspected misuse or problem is reported through the appropriate channels

The Student Acceptable Use Agreement has been read, for reference.

Students

Students are responsible for ensuring that:

LSET’s Student Acceptable Use Agreement has been read, understood, and signed by the students.

Students are aware of the importance of reporting abuse, misuse, or access to inappropriate materials.

Students are responsible for using LSET’s ICT system and their own devices in accordance with the Student Acceptable Use Agreement while on LSET premises.

e-Safety concerns

There are three main areas of concern for e-Safety: safeguarding, discipline, and cybersecurity. Cyberbullying and online grooming, for example, fall under the safeguarding category, abusive communications within the LSET community fall under the disciplinary category, and external email hacking falls under the cybersecurity category. In some circumstances, concerns may fall under one or all of these categories, as they are not mutually exclusive.

E-safety concerns will be evaluated based on safeguarding, discipline, and cybersecurity risks. In most cases, however, e-Safety concerns are addressed in the following manner:

In accordance with the Staff Code of Conduct, line managers will handle issues related to staff discipline.
Student discipline issues will be handled by personal tutors in accordance with the Student Behaviour and Exclusions Policy.

Cybersecurity issues will be dealt with by the Principal with help of internal and external teams.

The Liability of the LSET

Unless negligent under the terms of this policy, the LSET accepts no responsibility to the student or parents caused by or arising out of a student’s use of mobile phones, e-mail and the internet whilst at LSET.

Should LSET become aware that any resource, image or media have been uploaded which the LSET does not have the copyright permission to use, it will be removed as soon as practically possible.

Principals are responsible for implementing and reviewing this policy annually in consultation with students and staff. Principals will take into consideration the history of e-safety incidents and new technologies, as well as the effectiveness of existing security procedures.