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George South | 14:27 UK time, Thursday, 22 November 2007

Earlier in the week we discussed fears that the Spine - the national electronic database planned for the NHS - could be insecure. Two thirds of family doctors have said they'll boycott it - and this before the saga of the missing CDs.

Dr David Everett is a security consultant at Micro Expert, who was commissioned by BT earlier this year to examine the security of the Spine. We asked him first for his thoughts on the Child Benefit data breach:




We'll be doing more on this for Saturday's programme, perhaps speaking to some doctors to find out their concerns over the new systems.

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