Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Dutch to Open Electronic Files on Children

The Dutch government plans to open an electronic file on every child at birth as a tool to spot and protect the troubled kids of the future

Beginning Jan. 1, 2007, all citizens will be tracked from cradle to grave in a single database — including health, education, family and police records — the health ministry said Tuesday.

As a privacy safeguard, no single person or agency will be able to access all contents of a file. But organizations can raise "red flags" in the dossier to caution other agencies about problems, ministry spokesman Jan Brouwer said.

Full article at Yahoo News

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