Dominic,
I must admit to playing devil's advocate a little here as I have actually
been involved in some of the IG aspects of the database and I was also very
involved in MIAP (The Unique Learner Number). However, I am still uneasy
because throughout my admittedly limited involvement no one could ever
actually provide assurance that the scope of the database would not expand
and how fair processing would be addressed if this happened.
As with any government project like this, the issue is not really with those
that do the work to bring in these things, it's with the people that have
overall responsibility and also my renewed fear of politicians.
I considering my requests for information a "test".
Simon Howarth.
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] Given the recent e-mail about contact point =
read on
I think the problem here is that there's a misapprehension that ContactPoint
will hold vast amounts of detailed data about individuals. It won't. All it
will old is contact details (which are already available to most of the
staff involved, albeit that they are more likely to be accurate or at least
show up discrepancies) for children and parents, and details of the
professionals involved - this is main reason behind the system. It will not
hold case data, beyond the name of the service (and in some cases not even
that - several national partners are withholding that data as it could be
defined as sensitive personal data).
Not that i'm an apologist for the database state at all, but i do think that
there's a great deal of misunderstanding about the purpose of ContactPoint.
There does of course need to be adequate security, which is difficult
considering the numbers of users involved, and the dispersed responsibility
for this (with each agency/authority responsible for their own security)
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