Children's Databases 2 of 3

eCAF: This film is the second in a series of three looking at UK government plans for two national children's databases: Contactpoint and eCAF.

We recommend that you watch 'Contactpoint' first.

Contactpoint, sometimes called the 'Children's Index', 'Information Sharing Index' or 'Children's Database', will be a central identity register of every under-18 in England together with details of all of the services that they use. Its cousin, the eCAF database will contain in-depth personal assessments of children and young people using any service other than basic education and health care -- that's around 50% of under-18s.

Together with information security experts, child protection specialists and children's rights advocates, ARCH has spent the last 4 years trying to get the government to understand that large, centralised databases of children's private information are a dangerous and misguided idea. These films explain why.

The cast list includes Professor Ross Anderson, Dr Ian Brown, Dr Liz Davies, Shami Chakrabarti and Terri Dowty. We are very grateful to Kate Munro for all the work she put into making the films, and to Glyn Wintle of the Open Rights Group for converting them into the right format.

For more information about Contactpoint, eCAF and other children's databases see: http://www.arch-ed.org/issues/databases/databases.htm

In 2006 the Foundation for Information Policy Research produced a full report for the Information Commissioner, 'Children's Databases: Safety and Privacy'. This can be downloaded from: http://www.fipr.org/press/061122kids.html

If you are a practitioner with concerns about eCAF, you can contact us at: http://www.ecafalert.org.uk/

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[m4jxxhuskyxx]

Professionals who show SS's their "Confidential Data" to evaluate C+F's.

SS's do more damage to our kids here.How long until this disc goes awol? In HMV's sale rack probably! Until SS's do their job social care and leave CP cases to CPO's who know the facts,not fabricate them if need be.

SS's are Police,Jury,Judge+Executioner.

Travesty of SS's diagnosis of 400,000 MSBP per yr? Medical training part of their job?

Open the Courts to regain the public's trust.

Stop the "Forced Adoptions" H

[benjaminmfisk]

lady at 2min 45seconds seems to not understand the concept of systemic working?

I also don't understand this issue with eCAF getting in the way of child protection investigation. How? If they are subject to a CP investigations why would they be getting a CAF? the initial and core assessment as a part of investigation would cover all elements of the CAF.

[UKDirtySecret]

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'child stealing by the state' Brian Gerrish common purpose find out what they want to keep secret in the UK

[Tecopesa]

Tony Blair gone mad again and that man has created a growing problem with child abuse by making it easy for a child to be abused and murdered and we only have to see how many are abused and murdered in the news too regularly. I dont suppose his children will be on that list.Lets not forget, the government is a child in cares parent so what does it make the government when they are abused in care? Child abusers