Parents, security experts and opposition parties have voiced alarm over children database
Parents, security experts and opposition parties have voiced alarm that 400,000 people are to be given access to a new national database containing details of all 11 million children living in England.
ContactPoint, which has so far cost £224 million, will hold the name, address, date of birth, parents’ details, GP and name of school of all English children aged under 18.
Any child receiving help with special educational needs, who has been in contact with social workers or seen a youth worker, will also have a special entry against their name.
But the admission from Government that so many different individuals would have access to such sensitive data sparked renewed panic that the information would not be safe.
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