Penryn College has apologised after accidentally emailing confidential pupil details to all students. A weekly summary of all students’ commendations and behaviour incidents was sent before the start of the Easter holidays.
Headteacher Marie Hunter asked anyone who had received a copy of the information: “Please delete it immediately as you will be in breach of data protection if you knowingly share it with another person.”
The school said that although the email was immediately “recalled”, the technical process took 30 minutes. During this time, a small number of students using computers would have been able to open the email and forward it, which meant that these copies could still have been in circulation.
«Consequently, the incident has been reported to the Data Protection Agency», added Mrs Hunter.
