Ontario’s Child Protection Information Network, a database aimed at streamlining previously decentralized information collection and sharing, is raising privacy concerns for some, The Toronto Star reports. Despite strict rules for accessing records, inappropriate searches remain largely untraceable. Email notifications of unauthorized viewing are only triggered if the child's file is restricted. This has led Yuan Stevens, a former Ontario Crown ward and researcher at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, to believe that CPIN will allow for the “possibility for seemingly unfettered access” to sensitive information. Security measures are still being explored.
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