Parents are encouraged to ’shield’ children on database
Martin Beckford writes in the Daily Telegraph:
Parents will be encouraged to have their children’s personal details hidden on the Government’s child protection database in a move by a rebel council that could sabotage the £224 million project.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is launching a publicity campaign to let families know how much information on them will be held by ContactPoint.
In defiance of Government guidance, it will tell them they can have details kept from the estimated one million officials who would otherwise be allowed to access them.
If parents around the country decide to have their records shielded, it risks undermining the effectiveness of ContactPoint as a way for authorities to share information on England’s 11 million children.
January 7th, 2009 at 11:58
I have requested this from Hampshire SS, but have yet to receive a sensible reply.I will keep trying.