Day: December 14, 2009

This is how to subscribe to Hawktalk (e.g. using Outlook)

1. On the Tools menu, click Account Settings. 2. On the RSS Feeds tab, click New. 3. In the New RSS Feed dialog box, type http://amberhawk.typepad.com/amberhawk/atom.xml 4. Click Add. 5. Click OK. Posts will then appear in the RSS Feeds section automatically 6. If the blog is blocked, you can get the text sent to you by e-mail (via the Homepage of www.amberhawk.com)

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ISA safeguarding rules use the wrong criteria.

I think whatever the procedures adopted by the Independent Safeguarding Agency (ISA), cases of unfair and excessive processing of personal data will be the likely outcome in future. The reason: the ISA’s check uses the wrong criteria. The BBC’s web-site today explains that “The Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) will now involve only those working with the same children once a week, not once a month, for example” and that “the new rules will apply to about two million fewer

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