Thursday, February 21, 2008

UK: Call to Scrap Children's Database

Via The BBC.

The government faces calls to scrap a database containing the details of every child in England after a report said it could never be secure.

The report, by accountants Deloitte and Touche, was ordered after last year's missing data discs crisis.

Ministers say they accept its call for "further controls" on the £224m ContactPoint child protection system.

But they have come under fire from the Lib Dems and Tories for refusing to publish the full report.

More here.

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