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Mark Orchison: Sep 11, 2026, 2:47:27 PM
Microsoft has signed a legally enforceable agreement that places privacy, safety, transparency and human oversight into the contractual relationship...
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Mark Orchison: Sep 3, 2026, 8:38:01 AM
The recently published report, Artificial intelligence and children’s rights: A narrative review of the evidence, by Smera Jayadeva and Sonia...
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Mark Orchison: Jul 17, 2026, 10:29:53 AM
For several years, academy trusts have been responding to a growing collection of requirements covering safeguarding, online safety, data protection,...
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Mark Orchison: Jul 16, 2026, 11:23:26 AM
The Department for Education has on July 9th 2026 published specific guidance on procuring educational technology within its wider Data protection in...
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Mark Orchison: Jul 8, 2026, 10:57:21 AM
The finalised Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026 guidance is published and comes into force on 1 September 2026. For schools, the most...
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Mark Orchison: Jun 3, 2026, 7:45:00 AM
In May 2025, we became aware of a deeply concerning emerging threat affecting schools: the use of publicly available student images to create...
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9ine: Feb 24, 2026, 9:20:42 AM
The UAE has now put a clear “child digital safety” governance framework into law, and it’s one that will materially affect how schools select,...
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9ine: Feb 23, 2026, 11:54:25 AM
KCSIE has been edging towards “technology-first safeguarding” for years, but the KCSIE 2026 draft for consultation (12 February 2026) makes the...
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9ine: Dec 11, 2025, 11:38:09 AM
Join 9ine for the third of our ‘Turing Trials Walk-throughs’, where we take you through Scenario 3, discussing the risks, issues and safeguards...
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9ine: Sep 19, 2025, 12:32:48 PM
In 2025, schools in England face a convergence of new safeguarding requirements and data protection laws as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes...
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9ine: Jul 25, 2025, 11:36:59 AM
June 2025 saw a change to the data protection landscape in the UK, with the Data (Use and Access) Bill becoming law, to update the UK GDPR and Data...
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Mark Orchison: Jul 8, 2025, 12:22:10 PM
When we published our forecast on how KCSIE 2025 might address Artificial Intelligence, we speculated that the Department for Education was poised to...
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Mark Orchison: Jun 30, 2025, 1:03:34 PM
KCSIE is due to be published soon and, according to sources, is expected to undergo a significant upgrade, potentially even a complete rewrite. In...
