The University Students' Council (KSU) has welcomed the education minister's decision to put on hold a controversial legal notice on the collection of data from all students in the education system.

It said it had made a number of proposals to address the concerns about data protection including the use of pseudonymised data instead of legally valid identification document numbers; a clearer identification of the scope of the legislation and of how this data would be used; the transfer of responsibility to a relevant entity where appropriate checks and balances and also the inclusion of an opt out system.

KSU will continue to be involved in the discussions taking place and to keep up to date with regards to the way forward, making sure that students’ data protection rights are safeguarded

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:
Please select at least one mailing list.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.