Protected information. No role receives unrestricted access to every child's record. Access follows role, jurisdiction, assignment, agency and safeguarding purpose.
Minimum necessary access
Users should only access the information necessary to perform their authorised child-protection responsibilities.
Role
What the officer is authorised to do
Jurisdiction
State or LGA they are responsible for
Assigned case
Access follows assignment, not curiosity
Agency
Partner agencies see referred cases only
Safeguarding purpose
Access must serve the child's protection
Prototype roles
Agency Responder
Cases referred to their agency
Partner agencies, including the Nigeria Police Force, receive only the cases securely referred to them, with the information necessary for authorised response.
- Cases assigned to their agencyYes
- Information necessary for authorised responseYes
- Referral context and reasonYes
- Other agencies' unrelated casesNo
- National child databaseNo
Example agency responder, Nigeria Police Force
Accessible
- CP-FCT-00482, referred to Police for authorised response
- Referral reason and response context
- Information necessary to respond safely
Not accessible
- Every child-protection report nationally
- Unrelated Ministry cases
- Other agencies' cases
- The national child database
Police access to CP-FCT-00482 exists because the case was securely referred to Police. FMOWA remains the coordinating authority.