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Campaigners says case of child who may have lost consciousness while restrained in spit hood highlights need to legislate ban
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Campaigners says case of child who may have lost consciousness while restrained in spit hood highlights need to legislate ban
Report recommends legislated ban of devices covering children and adults but chief minister says frontline staff need protection
Chief Minister Natasha Fyles continues to deny the "inadvertent" sharing of NT patient records amounts to a "breach of identifiable data".
Peter Shoyer says he offered only "brief advice" to the NT government regarding a privacy breach of medical files before the incident was "managed in-house" and subsequently kept secret.
Australian and New Zealand Information Commissioners and Ombudsmen today highlight the importance of government agencies developing robust digital systems that strengthen the community’s access to information.