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Missing discs fiasco spurs fears over child database
By Catherine Gaunt,
Nursery World,
27 November 2007
Children's and family groups and opposition politicians have hit out at plans to introduce the ContactPoint database, containing details of every child in England, in the wake of the loss of the HMRC discs.
The Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Children, Families and Young People, Annette Brooke, said the Government had proved it could not be trusted with large databases holding personal details. 'There could be more than financial costs involved if the addresses of vulnerable children from a family separated because of domestic violence, for example, are not kept secure,' she said. The shadow children's secretary Tim Loughton has also called for the Government to...
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