Russia Today
November 12, 2012
A newly uncovered clandestine computer network, known as the ‘One
System,’ can reportedly share children’s personal details across
different UK agencies, including age, sex, address and their school
behavior records – all without parents ever knowing.
One of Britain’s biggest government contractors has created a
database containing the personal details of 8 million children, the
Sunday Times revealed.
The database was created by Capita – a
company specializing in IT systems – and includes information on a
child’s sex, age, exam results, if they have special needs, bad behavior
like absenteeism and how many minutes late they are to lessons.
This
information can then be shared with numerous agencies, including the
police, the NHS and child protection units and charities, all without
parental consent.
Teachers collect data on all children, not just
ones deemed to be at risk. This includes recording how many minutes
late they are for class.
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