The University Students' Council said this evening that a new draft legal notice on the collection of data of students included proposals it had made.

The new legal notice will replace another which raised a storm of protest over invasion of privacy.

KSU noted that the new legal notice ensure that students cannot be identified unless identification is required “under a specific law or it is in the best interest of the student, or if explicit consent by the parent/legal guardian is obtained.

Moreover, whenever personal identifiable data has to be used the Legal Notice provides that this “data is rendered anonymous, deleted or destroyed, after the specialised services in line with the targeted policies and/or initiatives concerned are delivered, unless specific consent is obtained from the students themselves where applicable, or from their parents/legal guardians.”

The revised Legal Notice provides that when identifiable data can be requested for the implementation of national initiatives in the interest of students, if the student is not eager to participate in such initiatives, the data shall be destroyed or rendered anonymous

The new Legal Notice, as proposed by KSU, specifies what the Education Authorities are and that the data collected should be transferred to different entities in line with what is stated in the Education Act. This will ensure that no disproportionate power is given to a single individual.