Nationalist Party writes to Malta’s data commissioner on Education Directorate’s children’s privacy data requests

Duncan Barry reports:

The Nationalist Party has written to the Data Protection Commissioner Saviour Cachia urging him to investigate the Education Directorate’s request to certain parents for private information on their children.

The PN asked Mr Cachia to verify whether the collection of data is being done in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act.

Last week, a circular was sent to some parents requesting information on their children in what the directorate said is tied to the Good Shepherd Project 2014/2015.

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