The Database State report, commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Trust, assessed the most prominent databases across the major government departments.
It includes databases measuring childhood poverty, obesity and special needs through to transport to school and offending potential.
The study found that ContactPoint, eCAF and ONSET - all relating to children - are the three systems with the most critical problems concerning issues of legality, privacy and consent.
It claims that:
* Children listed on ContactPoint could be at risk because local authorities don't know how to shield their personal details from other users
* Many parents don't realise they can opt out of the eCAF system which records judgements on child welfare cases
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