BIG BROTHER - TAKES A BREAK

As you know from my blog I have been following 'events' with regards to the Government's ContactPoint database.

The latest news on this database, from articles that I have recently read, have had the following headlines:

"Security flaws hit child protection database again" and "A quarter of official databases fall foul of the law, say experts"

The ContactPoint database oversees EVERY child in England. There is no effective opt-out and inadequate security. The database is in disarray after significant security flaws were uncovered. Its launch has been delayed after local authorities discovered loop-holes in the system designed to hide the details of children.

It is the third time the introduction of the database has been delayed, cost to date £224 million, and there have been fresh calls for it be be scrapped. I will vote for that idea!

It has been described as "almost certainly illegal" by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust.

The latest setback emerged when it was found that files were being generated automatically by feeds from central government databases. This meant that if a child's details had been hidden (an option ONLY available to 'vulnerable children' at the Councils discretion) copies of their personal details were still on the system.

This whole database seems to be yet another complete and utter waste of Tax payers money, but I suppose one positive thing is that it is keeping people in jobs!