UK: ContactPoint database of 11 million children’s details to go ahead despite security fears
By joshuah at 9 November, 2009, 7:13 am
Every child in England will have their personal details stored on a controversial database despite fears over security and privacy.
Ministers are pressing ahead with the introduction of ContactPoint to every local authority in the country after claiming that a pilot project has proved a success.
They say the long-delayed £224 project will make England’s 11million young people safer by providing a single register that can be used by all child protection professionals.
But there are concerns that the sensitive data could fall into the wrong hands, after an official review concluded that it could never be completely secure.
It is also feared that police or council workers will use it to search for evidence of crime or pry into family arrangements, rather than safeguarding children.
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are both committed to scrapping ContactPoint, should they win the general election.
Source/Full Story: Telegraph
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