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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/12/03/national_addressing_eric_pickles_ordnance_survey/">http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/12/03/national_addressing_eric_pickles_ordnance_survey/</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>There was a good deal of discussion when PDS (the Personal Demographics
Service <a
href="http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/demographics/pds">http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/demographics/pds</a>
) was introduced in the NHS on the risks that it could pose to people with good
reason to conceal their addresses and contact details, including groups such as
those with abusive ex-partners or families and anyone with a connection to Huntingdon
Life Sciences. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>There is a means of withholding the demographics which might
locate you (see Access and Security): the back office still holds the details but
they are not displayed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Does anyone know whether there are intended to be facilities
for similar withholding of details in this new database, and do these exist in
the databases (thought by commentators on the article to be highly inaccurate anyway)
to be used to populate the new database, and if so, will they be carried into the
new system?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>PDS declarations of “vulnerability” were not carried
forward into the Children’s Database, and AFAIAA there were no mechanisms
for requesting withholding of contact details.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=5 face="French Script MT"><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"French Script MT"'>Mary Hawking</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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