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the UK government has slipped another bill to destroy childrens rights and digital privacy under the radar
It's called the "Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill"
i found some info on what it does that i will go about in the thread, but here's the petition for now:
— children's NHS numbers are going to be used as a SUI (single unique identifier) id, which is sold as a safeguarding tool but has no clear safeguarding benefits
— it will be "used across services"
— this means that advertisers and shady companies could get access to data of every child in the UK, including NHS records, other health records, school records such as attendance rates behaviour records and grades, and other stuff that should be kept private.
— it could also potentially be used for police profiling and you already know how uk is racist
— from what I can tell, it will be created for every person under 18 with an NHS number *without that person's consent, or even their parents' consent.*
— i read something about confidential and sensitive data being allowed to be shared more easily "for safeguarding purposes".
— it's unclear whether children or parents will be notified when the child's digital id is shared.
— privacy conscious parents might not register their children in services like education and the NHS, harming children who would otherwise have been able to access those things.
please spread the word.
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