Editing ContactPoint (section)

== Use ==
The government said the database was set up to improve child protection by improving the way information about children was shared between services.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} Only professionals whose job involves supporting children would be able to access the database, and they would be required to undergo enhanced [[Criminal Records Bureau]] checks and training.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} Each local authority would decide who may access the database provided their role was listed in the ContactPoint Regulations. Users would need to provide a reason for accessing a record, and an [[audit trail]] would be kept on access to the database to help detect misuse.<ref>"[http://www.childrennow.co.uk/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=details&UID=fe7c6887-3984-44d8-b70d-3a9acdda5e25 Child index: Information sharing: your questions answered] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927142142/http://www.childrennow.co.uk/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=details&UID=fe7c6887-3984-44d8-b70d-3a9acdda5e25 |date=27 September 2007 }} ", ''Children Now'', 2 May 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2007.</ref> Professionals who have completed a Common Assessment Framework,<ref>See the Common Assessment Framework form at: {{cite web|url=http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/_files/56CA6743B3A0F3D55E268B0EC067DC7A.pdf |title=CAF form |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903090948/http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/_files/56CA6743B3A0F3D55E268B0EC067DC7A.pdf |archive-date=3 September 2006 }}, everychildmatters.gov.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2007.</ref> a tool used to identify the severity of a child's situation, would be able to record on a child's record that they had carried this out. No information discovered in this way would be held on ContactPoint. Under the [[Data Protection Act 1998|Data Protection Act]], all organisations supplying data to the database would have to inform children and guardians through fair-processing notices.<ref>"[http://www.participationworks.org.uk/News/May2007/ChildrensDatabaseGuidanceConsultationLaunched/tabid/285/Default.aspx Children’s Database Guidance Consultation Launched] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928135936/http://www.participationworks.org.uk/News/May2007/ChildrensDatabaseGuidanceConsultationLaunched/tabid/285/Default.aspx |date=28 September 2007 }}", participationworks.org.uk, 31 May 2007. Retrieved 27 June 2007.</ref> Subjects of the database could make access requests, in writing, to view any personal data that organisations hold on them on the database and to correct any mistakes. The government estimated that the benefit of reducing unproductive work time using the database was valued at more than £88m.<ref>"[http://childrenfirst.northtyneside.gov.uk/item.asp?CID=31023 Information Sharing Index] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070802025550/http://childrenfirst.northtyneside.gov.uk/item.asp?CID=31023 |date=2 August 2007 }}", North Tyneside Council. Retrieved 27 June 2007.</ref>