A friend has recently informed me about a situation which occurred where an officer on a school parents committee (whose function is to promote the interests of the pupils and inform/involve parents of said pupils) set up a personal website.
The website contained a link to contact details – address, phone, email – of the other committee members; also a link to minutes of previous meetings. No permission was given to the individual to do this. I thought that was bad enough, but apparently this website also had a link where information was given of any insurance claims in the recent past, not saying specifically what the claim was, but giving the name and address of the minor(s) involved.
As soon as this situation came to light, the person concerned was told by the school to shut the website down immediately. The question now is what happens next.
At the least, I think the individual should resign straight away and hand back any committee information they hold, and also delete any files they may have on computer and give a written assurance that this has been done. As I understand it though, once information has been put out on the internet, it is virtually impossible to remove it.
This has happened in a pretty close community and it is feared that if it became public there could be huge repercussions in social terms.
Has anyone any advice as to how this could be dealt with quietly but firmly?
The website contained a link to contact details – address, phone, email – of the other committee members; also a link to minutes of previous meetings. No permission was given to the individual to do this. I thought that was bad enough, but apparently this website also had a link where information was given of any insurance claims in the recent past, not saying specifically what the claim was, but giving the name and address of the minor(s) involved.
As soon as this situation came to light, the person concerned was told by the school to shut the website down immediately. The question now is what happens next.
At the least, I think the individual should resign straight away and hand back any committee information they hold, and also delete any files they may have on computer and give a written assurance that this has been done. As I understand it though, once information has been put out on the internet, it is virtually impossible to remove it.
This has happened in a pretty close community and it is feared that if it became public there could be huge repercussions in social terms.
Has anyone any advice as to how this could be dealt with quietly but firmly?