Personal details of ALL British children and their families to be kept on a national register - for the government to lose again??? Link to sign the petition against this move.

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sign the petition here

Personally, the proposal makes me feel very uneasy, not least because the government hasn't even told parents about it.

The petition ends on 20th of December, so get cracking people.

I mean co-operation, not sharing (i.e. I disapprove of info-sharing if it means 'massive IT databases').

Senora, I agree with you that there is nothing wrong with the concept of 'data sharing'.
My problem is that I don't trust this government to set it up properly/these agencies to use it properly.
In another country at another time it would be a great idea.

it is true that the government are shit at IT. and it´s a great shame because some of these projects, if handled by competent staff programmers rather than contract workers for some mega corporation might actually help.

you´re right, a database like any of the oens that has been built for government in the last 10 years won´t help. but data sharing in and of itself is not that bad imo. should the people at income support swap data with the ir? (because they couldn´t, until recently, and it´s not automatic now) should schools be informed if pupils are arrested for violent offences?

I've signed.

I find the encroachment of the state ever more revolting. It's an old mantra of mine, but I'll say it again. The bastards have no problem taking our taxes. They don't need to know very much about us at all to do that.

But how very rude to take your money, and then ask who the hell you are.

SP, it was a tenet of data protection that data could only lawfully be used for the purpose for which it was collected. The government has, without a public consultation, reversed that so government depts (and I believe this includes local government) now have a duty to swap information about us. If this is a good thing, why hasn't it been shouted from the rooftops?

Personally I don't see why Natural England, for instance, has a right to snoop into anything I may have told HM Customs and Revenue when claiming child benefit. And I'd like them to ask my permission, thanks very much, before 'sharing' information about me i.e. giving my personal details to any Tom, Dick or Harry who happens to work in the civil service, council or government agency.

done. What is this world coming too?

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