abelard wrote:
> On Thu, 8 May 2008 22:42:05 +0100, "Lord Turkey Cough"
> wrote:
>
>> "abelard" wrote in message
>> news:k9s624h22t7itvdvuekdjmvofnf1li1cm4@4ax.com...
>>> On Thu, 08 May 2008 21:40:00 +0100, James Hammerton
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:
>>>>> Lord Turkey Cough wrote:
>>>>>> "James Hammerton" wrote in message
>>>>>> news:68h136F2stlmsU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>>>>> Yet more guilt by accusation in Britain. From the BBC
>>>>>>> (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7389547.stm):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "To critics it sounds like a scenario from some Orwellian
>>>>>>> nightmare.
[etc...]
>>>> Good question! Do employers have the right to pass on unproven
>>>> allegations against their employees to other employers without the
>>>> consent of the employees concerned?
>>> while this is (and has been) standard for many years....
>>>
>>> 'they' have various ways of dealing with (getting around) this
>>> by always 'phoning up (or meeting) for confirmation of any
>>> written reference...
>>> and by 'damning with faint praise'....
>>> in 'professions' they widely keep black lists.....
>> Best keep them very carefully because if you get caught with such
>> a list you will have a hell of a lot of people sueing you!
>
> of course...but the sort of people who keep these lists,
> do not tend to hand them around.....
The NSDR seems a departure here - now people will know the NSDR exists
and can submit DPA requests for any data held about them on it.
> plenty can even be kept in the head and gossiped around
> among peers at soirées...
The NSDR will be held on a computer and access provided to participating
businesses on demand!
James
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