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The Education Review recently published an article by Colin Anson from Pixevety (now a VINE Gold Sponsor) where he refers to  Deloitte Australian Privacy Index  that found the education sector as one of the weakest on privacy.  The article talks about how the use of photos, videos and digital recordings fit into our duty of care, the consent process as well as Data Breach.  

Many schools have given great consideration to the security and privacy of the data and platforms, particularly in light of the legislative changes brought around by the data breach legislation.  However, as the article suggests it may be timely to consider a review of your consent process to ensure you avoid 'coercive consent' (ie where a child cannot participate if they do not have consent) or 'bundled consent' (a vague opt out that covers everything).

Education Review Privacy Article.pdf

As previously advised, the transition from the Victorian IT Directors Network to the Victorian ICT Network for Education (VINE) is now well underway.

Part of this transition is the migration to a new member website which can accommodate the growing needs  of our newly incorporated group. 

There are three member types: 

Individual	$50 per annum, ex GST
School – individual member	$150 per annum, ex GST
School – multiple members	$600 per annum, ex GST

Renewals will be from 1 August each year. 

The legacy VINE site will continue to be accessible to members while the transition takes place (until the end of 2018). We encourage all existing members to Join the new site to ensure they remain connected to the network.

For individual membership, the signup process is straightforward. For school with multiple members, please follow the following process:

For each school, a master member must be selected. The master member (typically the ICT Manager) signs up first and is responsible for payment of the membership fee. 

Once payment has been processed the master member will be notified and further members can sign up/be "bundled" into the school membership. 

No further charge will be made for additional/multiple members.

Once registered members will be asked to complete a short personal profile. Registrations will give access to the members only area of the website.

Queries should be directed to info@vine.vic.edu.au