Action on Rights for Children is examining whether it can challenge the information sharing programme, enshrined in the Children Act 2004, under privacy clauses in the European Convention on Human Rights.
Terri Dowty, policy director at Action on Rights for Children, said: "We are considering a legal challenge over this as the Children Act gives the Government carte blanche to share information on young people."
See Analysis, p8.
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