Criminal records on sale for just £37
                   
timesonline.co.uk
23-Aug-2008
        

Employers are abusing the system to snoop on recruits Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Georgia Warren Police files that were opened up with the aim of helping to protect children from sex offenders are being sold for as little as £37 to employers who simply want to find out more about job applicants. The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), an executive agency of the Home Office, was set up six years ago to carry out checks... [read full story]                    

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