Data Protection: CRB could stop misuse of irrelevant criminal data in employment vetting
20 October 2009
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I might be old fashioned, but I think it’s OK for the police to retain those criminal records they need to do their job. So I am not surprised by yesterday’s Appeal Court decision that allowed them to do so, even when there were disclosures of trivial and ancient criminal details for employment purposes. For example, the Appeal Court considered the case of HP, who in March 1984 was 16 years of age. He stole items from a display in
