School portal circular disclosed staff disability-leave code
A lyceum published a circular with a code revealing disability-law benefits usage by staff and leading to a EUR 4,000 fine.
School answered two teachers’ union complaints in one certified email, disclosing one teacher’s health information
At a school in Italy, two teachers filed separate union complaints about class assignments on the same day, and the school answered both with a single document sent in one certified email. The document contained health information about one teacher.
Middle-school students compromise teachers’ electronic register credentials to alter grades, Italy
Middle-school students in Italy obtained the register passwords of at least four teachers and made at least 40 unauthorized accesses, turning failing grades into top marks and giving high-achieving classmates very low grades. A teacher noticed an anomalous low grade recorded for a usually strong student, which triggered an internal investigation. At publication, the school […]
15-year-old boy in Italy allegedly altered grades on the electronic register; Ministry says its own systems were not breached
A 15-year-old boy is alleged to have changed grades, turning 5s into 6s, from his home in Italy, and to have interfered with tanker routes in the Mediterranean; he was identified through an investigation coordinated by the Polizia Postale and the prosecutor and was reported (an allegation). The Ministero dell’Istruzione e del Merito said checks […]
Activists project slaughterhouse footage to primary school pupils during classroom talk booked as animal welfare lesson
Members of the activist group Anonymous for the Voiceless, invited by email for an educational talk on animal welfare, connected computers in a primary school classroom in Sardinia, Italy, and projected graphic footage of industrial slaughterhouses and intensive farming. According to the report, many children cried, showed distress and tried to close their eyes, and […]
High school teacher suspended for not using electronic register when school supplied no device; court annuls sanction
In March 2015, a head teacher at a high school in the Apulia region of Italy found that a female teacher was keeping a paper register because the school had not provided teachers with electronic devices, and suspended her for one day. The teacher appealed with a lawyer from a teachers’ union. On 16 February […]
Compulsory iPad policy at a school in Apulia, Italy; families told to transfer if they do not purchase device
Parents objected to a circular stating that students without an iPad should continue their studies at another school, with devices required from the third grade of primary and the first year of lower secondary school. The female school principal defended the policy, citing the national digital school plan’s “Bring Your Own Device” action, and stated […]
Teacher’s intimate image sent to WhatsApp class chat and seen by students including minors
A teacher reportedly unintentionally sent an intimate image into a class WhatsApp chat. Students viewed and downloaded it before deletion and parents contacted law enforcement.
Unauthorized Posting of Minors’ Images on TikTok and Facebook by a School in Kenya
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner of Kenya found a local school liable for multiple data protection violations after the school published photographs and videos of minor pupils on TikTok and Facebook for marketing purposes without obtaining parental consent. The regulator initiated an investigation after a parent filed a complaint regarding the school’s stated […]
Private School in Kenya Ordered to Compensate Parent for Publishing Minor Student’s Exam Results in Newspaper Without Consent
A private school in Kenya shared the name and exam results of a minor student with a national media group, which published them in an advertising feature of a newspaper in August 2025. This disclosure occurred without the consent of the minor’s parent, who had previously objected in 2023 to such publications and received assurances […]