PIU report on Encryption and Law enforcement RELEASED

[Michael Thick]

Dear All,  could I tap the collective wisdom?  I am a member of the
"Caldicott and Babies validation group"  (the only connection appears to =
be
the title!) which is charged with producing and signing off the business
case for issuing and recording NHS numbers to babies at birth. They are
proposing a number of worrying things:
1) NHSnet will be used to communicate between the issuing authority and
maternity without any form of additional security.
2) They are planning to hold a "linkage" between mother and baby at NSTS
level to "facilitate" epidemiology of paediatric and neonatal morbidity,
again with no plans for additional controls for confidentiality.
Medical members of the panel registered disquiet, but I feel that some
additional pressure will be useful. Any thoughts?
Michael Thick