Police have set up a P.C. network that will enable UK forces to share comprehension on 15 million people.
A Police National Database was the key testimonial from the Bichard Inquiry in to failings by military in to the Soham murders in 2002.
It found that military unsuccessful to divulge sum of allegations against Ian Huntley a year before he murdered Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, both 10.
Privacy campaigners say non-criminals should not be on the system.
The database, that brings together 150 well-defined P.C. systems, combines comprehension from the 43 military forces in England and Wales.
It moreover links to the 8 military forces in Scotland, the British Transport Police, the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre (Ceop), the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca) and the military police.
Collectively the forces grip data on between 10-15m people. These add convicted criminals, suspects and victims of crimes, together with the sum of people who have been questioned by military but not charged.
The database is run by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA).
The Bichard exploration mentioned military should be able automatically to access data on suspects held by other force.
Holly's father, Kevin Wells, mentioned the launch of the network was a "defining moment" that would make it harder for criminals to use military force borders as a block to prevent detection.
He mentioned the database was "the best end-product fitting such a high-profile inquiry".
In a e-mail to NPIA, Mr Wells wrote: "In sufficient the same way as we've secretly common the certain feelings and views to you and the team, there does exist a request to roar about this success and outrider its successful attainment to a wider audience.
"It would after all be an apt greeting from two parents witnessing a defining short time to spot the fleeting of their daughter."
He mentioned it could make the 10th jubilee of Holly's demise next year "so sufficient simpler to bear".
Sharon and Les Chapman, parents of Jessica, said: "We hope [the database's] use will meant other family groups do not endure the same loss and heartbreak as you did."
Lord Bichard, who initial endorsed a national database in 2004, responded to concerns about a singular database keeping so sufficient data by adage it was a subject of "balancing the danger of someone hacking in to the network with the danger of other Huntley".
His exploration had found that Humberside and Cambridge military forces unsuccessful to accurately oldster Huntley, a college janitor who had been indicted of a few sex-related crimes.
There were 8 well-defined pieces of comprehension on Huntley but they were not brought together since they were held by well-defined military forces.
NPIA arch senior manager Nick Gargan said: "Many people will be astounded to know that the military service has not had this ability for many years. The great headlines is that they have it now."
Privacy promotion organisation Big Brother Watch mentioned it was anxious that sum of members of the open could be logged on the database.
Spokesman Daniel Hamilton said: "Nobody has a complaint with a database of criminals but you should never erect a database of trusting people and crime victims.
"The danger of this data descending in to the hands of criminals is too offensive to comprehend."
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