Sector Alert

Next steps for the South Australian personal mobile device ban

All South Australian early childhood education and care services are required to implement a policy and procedure addressing the use of personal devices to meet the changes to Regulation 168 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations 2011, including:

• The taking, use, storage and destruction of images and videos of children
• Obtaining authorisation from parents to take, use and store images and videos of children
• The use of any optical surveillance device (e.g. CCTV)
• The use of any digital device issued by the service
• The use of digital devices by children.

For Long Day Care and Preschools, these services are asked to provide assurance and a copy of their policy and procedures to the Education Standards Board (ESB) by 26 September 2025.

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