Overview
All schools are legally required to appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO) who will then be responsible for providing advice and guidance on data protection and GDPR, as well as general information governance advice.
If schools have not appointed a DPO, ECC provide a traded service, Information Governance Support (IGS) that schools can subscribe to. IGS provides a range of services to help you comply with data protection, GDPR and information requests.
IGS offers the following to support your information governance needs:
- advice and guidance
- completion of statutory requests for information
- information audit
- support packages
- training and consultancy
Contact us
For more information, including prices, or if you have any questions, visit our Information Governance support website.
Alternatively, you can contact us:
Telephone: 0333 032 2970
Email: igs@essex.gov.uk
For information on how information law is regulated and guidance on managing information, you can also visit the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) website.