ContactPoint database goes live despite security fears

"The Government has announced plans to push ahead with the next phase in launch of a controversial child protection database, despite ongoing concerns about the security of data held on the system.

The delayed ContactPoint system, which is due to include names and addresses on every child under 18 in England, will be accessed by frontline care workers in real-life trials for the first time from this Monday.

Security experts contacted by El Reg remain concerned that information housed on the database might leak out despite ministerial assurances on security provisions that will accompany the roll-out of the directory system." Link

The above article is absolutely required reading for anyone concerned with the gradual creep-creep-creep of Government interference in day to day life. I give it six months max before the first "ContactPoint ruined my life" story appears.

It's no end of amusement to me that the Government that most promoted the "If you have nothing to hide, you've nothing to fear" mantra had an awful lot they wanted to hide, as it turns out.

A Revolution is indeed the Solution...