חוק התקנת מצלמות לשם הגנה על פעוטות במעונות יום לפעוטות (תיקון), התשפ"ה–2024Law for the Installation of Cameras for the Protection of Infants in Infant Day Care Centers (Amendment), 2024 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law authorizes an operator of a daycare center for toddlers, except for a rehabilitative daycare center, to proactively allow the toddlers' parents at the daycare to view footage from cameras installed at the daycare under the Law for Installation of Cameras for the Protection of Toddlers in Daycare Centers for Toddlers, 2018. A daycare operator may allow only one viewing method out of the following three: real-time remote online viewing for every parent, via a pre-approved device (phone, computer, etc.). A second method is also remote online viewing via a pre-approved device (phone, computer, etc.), but not live online broadcast, rather periodically, as agreed between the daycare operator and the parents of the toddlers at the daycare, at a frequency not exceeding once a month, for a period of up to 48 hours during which it will be possible to view the footage accumulated in the camera system at the daycare up until the time of viewing. A third method is periodic viewing, as agreed between the daycare operator and the parents of the toddlers at the daycare, by a representation of the parents of the toddlers at the daycare, of the footage accumulated in the camera system at the daycare up until the time of viewing, on the daycare premises, at a frequency not exceeding once a week. During such viewing, the daycare operator may also view the footage together with the parents' representation. In order to allow such viewing for parents, the operator must meet several conditions, including: notifying the parents, employees and job candidates at the daycare of its intention to implement the viewing, and if the registration period for the daycare has ended - obtaining the consent of all the parents of the daycare; posting signage at the daycare regarding the implementation of the viewing and also notifying regular service providers at the daycare; regarding remote online viewing (live or periodic), the operator must ensure the existence of proper mechanisms for information security and cyber protection of the cameras and submit to the official at the Ministry of Education an annual certification that the system meets the security and cyber requirements. The Law also establishes prohibitions on parents intended to protect the privacy of the daycare's staff and the toddlers educated at the daycare - such as a prohibition on copying footage or allowing another person to view it or using information derived from the footage - violation of which will constitute a criminal offense and a civil tort under the Protection of Privacy Law, 1981. The Law also grants the Ministry of Education the authority to impose a financial sanction on a daycare operator, except for a rehabilitative daycare operator, who violated a provision of the Law, and establishes that the Minister of Education shall report once a year to the Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee data related to the execution and implementation of the Bill.

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