Children's database can never be fully secure

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The government has agreed to accept the recommendations of a Deloitte report which has called into question the security aspects of the ContactPoint database.

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Nicole Kobie
Nicole Kobie

Freelance journalist Nicole Kobie first started writing for ITPro in 2007, with bylines in New Scientist, Wired, PC Pro and many more.

Nicole the author of a book about the history of technology, The Long History of the Future.

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