Posted on 09/14/2005 8:35:10 AM PDT by Grig
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - 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.
The intention is to protect troubled children, Brouwer said. Until now, schools and police have been unable to communicate with each other about truancy records and criminality, which are often linked.
"Child protection services will say, 'Hey, there's a warning flag from the police. There's another one from school. There's another one from the doctor," Brouwer said. "Something must be going on and it's time to call the parents in for a meeting."
Every child will get a Citizens Service Number, making it easier to keep track of children with problems even when their families move, said Secretary of Health Clemence Ross.
"Safety, guidance, education and supervision are incredibly important for the development of children," Ross said.
All Dutch births are currently registered with local authorities.
I bet it will cost 10 times what they project, and saying that nobody will have access to a person's full file is bunk. I'm sure that sys admins for it will be able to crusie around the files at will. Might be able to set up a nice little black market deal selling info from it too.
That, is just plain scary. When I think of the stuff I pulled in high school with my friend, Ruth, wow...
We found out that if you smoke in the snack room that you are supposed to be cleaning, don't throw that cigarette in the trash can and sit on it when a nun stops to engage you in conversation...
But,
The city still hasn't corrected my address after 20 years of trying. It is still the vacant lot across the street. I think data will eventually overwhelm the sheepherders.
"Big Brother is going to do a whole lot more than just watch you."
Orwell was a prophet.
If they REALLY cared about the children, they'd collect them at birth and put them in state-run centers. That'll keep'em safe.( /Brave New World.)
Don't give them any ideas or encouragement.
"Every child will get a Citizens Service Number,"
Over hear it's called a 'social security number'.
When the U.S. started the Social Security program, they said our SSN would never be used for purposes of identification.
The Dutch should pay attention to what is going on in Aruba with the missing American college student and stop this socialist foolishness. Letting the only suspect leave the island and go to Holland to attend college is a major slap in the face of that poor girl's family and her country (USA).
Like, she's as Freeper; keep an eye on her."
"When the U.S. started the Social Security program, they said our SSN would never be used for purposes of identification."
And yet everywhere you go, it's REQUIRED, for things such as a drivers license, bank loans, job applications, etc.
What a surprise! NOT!
No. they'll just create another government agency to handle it.
It's gonna happen here too. Just wait and see.
I think your cost factor is way low. The Canadian Gun Registry is a case in point. The costs to maintain a simple database tracking the ownership of an object are way beyond what was reasonable to expect.
Imagine all the things the Dutch government might like to track? Imagine having to add a category for something after-the-fact like a childhood disease or a new innoculation? What are you going to do, go back and gather data on ALL the children previously entered into the system? What would that cost? The cost & effort would approach that of taking a national census -- AND it would be ongoing.
Slave Surveillance Number
They seem to be doing just fine on their own, anyway...
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