Private schools say no to providing pupil details for Government database
According to the Mail on Sunday:
Private schools are refusing to provide information on their pupils for use in a controversial Government database.
The £224million system, called ContactPoint, aims to hold the details of every school-aged child in England, including GP and parents’ mobile-phone numbers, as well as a log of what services they use, such as a school nurse.
It is estimated that this information could be used by more than one million people, from police officers to school administrators.
Now, in the latest blow to the widely criticised database, the Independent Schools Council, which represents the private education sector, has joined critics who fear that data will not be secure and could be used improperly.
April 13th, 2009 at 08:41
Bravo for the ISC. Apparently it values the privacy and safety of its pupils and their parents, even if our “government” (I use the term loosely) doesn’t.
April 13th, 2009 at 09:45
What is the law here? Are the ISC defying the law? It will be an interesting fight if they are.
On a wider point, the issue of who “owns” your personal information, wherever it is held, needs testing in court.