Comments on: It is ludicrous for social workers to complain about record-keeping http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2009-11/it-is-ludicrous-for-social-workers-to-complain-about-record-keeping/ The latest on Identity Cards and Databases in the UK Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:28:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: EnricoS http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2009-11/it-is-ludicrous-for-social-workers-to-complain-about-record-keeping/comment-page-1/#comment-143535 EnricoS Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:07:59 +0000 http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/?p=1581#comment-143535 Sorry but how does the need for social workers to keep detailed records, which can be shared amongst their colleagues and managers equal a need for a giant database with records of all kids in the UK accessible by hundreds of thousands of civil servants? Yes social workers need reliable data storage but as a database administrator I know that the number of errors rises exponentially with the number of records, especially if many of the records are very rarely used or reviewed. This whole piece is a straw man argument for yet another government database which is not required, is over reaching and inherently insecure and intrusive. The addition of all children in the UK (bar those children who are clearly more equal than others) to a single database accessible by so many is not a 'detail' as described, but an outrage. Sorry but how does the need for social workers to keep detailed records, which can be shared amongst their colleagues and managers equal a need for a giant database with records of all kids in the UK accessible by hundreds of thousands of civil servants?

Yes social workers need reliable data storage but as a database administrator I know that the number of errors rises exponentially with the number of records, especially if many of the records are very rarely used or reviewed.

This whole piece is a straw man argument for yet another government database which is not required, is over reaching and inherently insecure and intrusive.

The addition of all children in the UK (bar those children who are clearly more equal than others) to a single database accessible by so many is not a ‘detail’ as described, but an outrage.

]]> By: andrew http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2009-11/it-is-ludicrous-for-social-workers-to-complain-about-record-keeping/comment-page-1/#comment-143532 andrew Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:49:52 +0000 http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/?p=1581#comment-143532 If ContactPoint has such good security, why did HM Government refuse to publish the full report of the security audit it commissioned from Deloitte? ContactPoint will make children's details instantly available to at least 390,000 people across England and Wales. How can this possibly be said to be "secure"? If ContactPoint has such good security, why did HM Government refuse to publish the full report of the security audit it commissioned from Deloitte?

ContactPoint will make children’s details instantly available to at least 390,000 people across England and Wales. How can this possibly be said to be “secure”?

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