South Australian early learning centre under investigation over storage of children’s images

An early learning centre in Adelaide is under investigation for taking and storing images of children's injuries and nappy rash.

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00:00The photos were discovered during an investigation into a different matter, triggered by a parent's

00:07complaint about inappropriate discipline, so that's tapping children on the head during

00:12nap time.

00:13Now, three workers were sacked from this service as a result, but the Education Standards Board

00:18said that during that investigation, they uncovered the photos of children's injuries

00:22and nappy rash.

00:24The Education Standards Board believes that this was all just a misguided arrangement

00:29or process to document injury or nappy rash at the centre.

00:33SA Police are not filing any criminal charges and the board has directed the centre to permanently

00:41delete all the photos and reset all the devices.

00:44Little Shining Stars has five other centres in the metro area here.

00:48Four of those have received direction from the Education Standards Board about taking photos

00:53of children's injuries.

00:55In a statement, the Early Learning Centre said that parents had been notified and that

00:59they'd implemented a photographic policy.

01:02That means all their workers will delete any photos taken after three months and no photos

01:07are to be taken of any children's injuries or nappy rash.

01:11Here at the centre, there's been a handful of parents drop off their children this morning.

01:15One parent dropped off their child and half an hour later came and picked them up.

01:20Second открыting is the central fact of opening their children's lives by the temple

01:35So you can move them and put them in the area now.

01:38Now position two stars to be taken off the stage after three months and show the direction