The coalition government has previously said the database will be scrapped although last week the Department for Education announced it will remain in use while an alternative is settled on.
The report, compiled by consulting firm Deloitte in 2008 and released to campaign group Action on Rights for Children, details a number of "residual risks" involved with the database, which stores information on every child in England.
Points raised include:
The report concludes that the importance of security appears ingrained within key project areas but makes a series of recommendations to remedy the potential risks identified.
The Department for Education said all the recommendations in the report were acted on. "One of the first actions for the department immediately after the election was to start shutting down ContactPoint," a spokeswoman said.
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