Routines > Staff > Delete Staff In most cases, it is not possible to delete the entire record of a staff member because of the complexity of links to other data within SIMS. In the Spring 2019 release of SIMS Capita relaxed some of the rules that prevented deletion in previous versions, mainly to cover…
A report is available which will output student data held in Sims through Routines>Data Out>Person Data Output. Users will need to be assigned to the Data Protection permission group in System Manager in order to run the report. This can be used in conjunction with other reports and outputs to assist the user to complete any SARs…
Routines | Pupil (or Student) | Bulk Delete Pupil Data Following the Sims Summer 2018 Upgrade to assist schools in being GDPR compliant, it is now possible for a school to bulk delete pupil/student data in line with the Schools own data retention policies. The following data areas can now be deleted: Alerts Attendance…
Scomis have reviewed the process of data extractions from SIMS databases by third party applications and in particular by accounts that bypass the sims application (interface) and talk to the sims SQL database directly (known as Direct SQL access). The audit has been completed as a result of the new GDPR regulations coming into force…
For further information on GDPR Regulation for schools, see the Scomis website Scomis Guidance on GDPR Or alternatively see the following sources for guidance : DfE Data Protection Toolkit Within this link : Information Record Management Society – School’s Toolkit the Document ‘Information Management Toolkit for Schools’ contains a Data Retention Schedule at the end of the…