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  • 18 May, 2009 at 6:54 pm #13008

    Melody

    In the wake of the recent child abuse scandals the government has set up a database at a cost of £224million which is designed to hold information about every child in the UK.

    The contactpoint information includes:

    Name of child
    Address of child
    Date of birth
    Parents contact info
    Drs info
    School info
    A unique identifying number for that child

    It is currently being pilotted in the NW before being rolled out across the rest of the uk.
    Currently 17 local authorities and 390000 people will have access to this information.

    The government deem in necessary to prevent a child slipping through the net however concerns have been raised as to the security of such a database…

    What are your feelings on it?
    We are talking about OUR children!

    18 May, 2009 at 10:24 pm #397111

    ForumHostPB

    @melody wrote:

    ……We are talking about OUR children!

    ……. as opposed to who else’s children???

    19 May, 2009 at 10:30 am #397112

    Melody

    @forumhostpb wrote:

    @melody wrote:

    ……We are talking about OUR children!

    ……. as opposed to who else’s children???

    You knew what I meant… stop being pedantic :roll:

    19 May, 2009 at 10:39 am #397113

    Pete

    Baby P was someones child.. if it stops cases like that then who cares. As for security theres enough details on enough databases with security implications, one more wont make much difference

    19 May, 2009 at 12:03 pm #397114

    Melody

    I am not saying i am opposed to it.. I was merely trying to provoke a debate :)

    19 May, 2009 at 4:09 pm #397115

    Pete

    I am not inferring you are opposed to it :D

    19 May, 2009 at 4:33 pm #397116

    Pete

    Me fight with a lady :shock: never sir

    19 May, 2009 at 5:56 pm #397117

    caramouche

    Would have assumed that the kids in the recent abuse scandals were on some sort of database….it didnt do them a lot of good did it?
    At the end of the day its all down to human intervention/interraction, and thats where the system is falling down, the people who are supposed to be checking up on children at risk arent doing the job properly and are too easily fooled by the abuser.

    19 May, 2009 at 6:33 pm #397118

    WooHoo

    @melody wrote:

    In the wake of the recent child abuse scandals the government has set up a database at a cost of £224million which is designed to hold information about every child in the UK.

    The contactpoint information includes:

    Name of child
    Address of child
    Date of birth
    Parents contact info
    Drs info
    School info
    A unique identifying number for that child

    It is currently being pilotted in the NW before being rolled out across the rest of the uk.
    Currently 17 local authorities and 390000 people will have access to this information.

    The government deem in necessary to prevent a child slipping through the net however concerns have been raised as to the security of such a database…

    What are your feelings on it?
    We are talking about OUR children!

    Don’t the Government ALREADY have this Information – Anyway?.. And, who are the PEOPLE that would have access to this Information?

    19 May, 2009 at 6:47 pm #397119

    Melody

    people being all the different agencies that deal with a particular child like its preschool, safeguarding children board, local authority, doctor, health visitor etc

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