Safety and privacy fears were raised after a mum found details of adoptions dating back more than 100 years
The names of thousands of Scots who were adopted as children were available on a genealogy website, it has emerged. on Scotland's People.
It said it had launched an investigation and was taking the issue "extremely seriously". According to Scotland's Children and Young People's Commissioner, the information could have resulted in "a significant risk of harm". The mum told the BBC: "I did a search to see how many children with his first name were born in the same year. To my horror the first entry that came up was his. I searched for someone else who was adopted and found them too. The whole adoption register was there online for everybody to see. I was horrified.
The Scotland's People website included the names of thousands of people who had been adopted as far back as 1909. The most recent entries were from 2022.
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