Hi, the importance involves the duty practitioners have towards providing accurate & up-to-date information to children and young people and their right to it. This is how everyone knows the choices that are available to them, how accurate information enables informed decision making and helps with understanding any risks that might be associated.
The legal requirement for settings and professional practice is explained in
principle 4 of data protection. An individual's right to accurate and timely information is
contained in article 17 of the UNCRC and your
home nation's early years framework will also hold regulation regarding taking, keeping, sharing data with others and destroying information.
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