UK child protection database 'misguided', critics warn
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Think of the children UK government policies designed to safeguard kids might backfire by diverting valuable resources while creating a "culture of surveillance" where the role of parents is sidelined, according to a report for the Information Commissioner published on Wednesday.â¦
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Guidance on the care of children under five does not encourage a "tick-box" approach, says minister.
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A review of information on sex offenders will give parents more rights but stops short of a 'Sarah's Law'.
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Use of databases to purge voter rolls led to complaints of people being wrongly excluded.
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Juniors kept in dark, then hung out to dry? Yes Minister HMRC restricted details of its security procedures to senior officials, it has emerged, just weeks after the department pilloried a junior official for loading the UKâs child benefit database onto CDs which were then lost.â¦
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The high number of preventable injuries in children is a 'disgrace', a report has warned.
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Ministers face calls to bring in safeguards to protect people's privacy against the police DNA database.
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The growth of government databases on children can split families, says a report for the Information Commissioner.
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Britain&#39;s government said on Thursday it  had launched an inquiry to see what new legal measures may be  required to protect children from the impact of violent video  games and Web pornography.
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A report criticises children's services at Clackmannanshire Council after a 12-month inspection.
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Campaigners say Whitehall wants even litter-droppers on crime database.
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A report raises concerns about a study on cot deaths used as evidence in several high profile murder appeals.
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And MPs sceptical about rescue body The Child Support Agency computer system has cost millions and created chaos, but MPs remain sceptical about its replacement.â¦
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The U.K. government is under fire from Parliament over IT system failures at the Department of Work and Pensions' Child Support Agency and what members see as secrecy surrounding government efforts to identify and fix problems.
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British authorities want to post on the Internet the names of non-custodial parents behind in child support payments.  The move, aimed at shaming parents into paying, is part of a report on reforming the child support system in Britain, the BBC said Sunday.
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Roman Catholic bishops in England and  Wales rejected as "false and entirely misleading" a BBC  documentary about what it said was a cover-up of child sexual  abuse under a system enforced by Pope Benedict XVI in his  previous job.
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Technology is bad, m'kay Column The idea that Britain is the worst place in the developed world to be a child has been popping up in comment pieces ever since February this year, when The Children's Society announced its new website. This month for the first time, computer games were added to the list of demons tormenting British youth.â¦