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<p>The internal database in question is used by the Child Exploitation and Online
Protection (CEOP) Command of the National Crime Agency (NCA), and was used by the
CEOP Centre before it, to store indecent images of children identified in <br>the
course of investigations. Childbase could only be accessed by CEOP officers. UK Police
Forces were able to request checks on the database images and hash sets. These checks
were completed by the Victim Identification Team at <br>CEOP. This process has remained
in place for checks against the internal NCA-CEOP database which replaced Childbase.
Following an information assurance process and before its closure, all of the intelligence
held in Childbase was <br>transferred into this new internal database.<br><br>The
Government is currently working with the NCA and police forces to introduce the national
Child Abuse Image Database, which will act as a single repository for all indecent
images of children and their hashes identified as part of UK <br>enforcement operations.</p><p>
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