Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest court reporting database

Re:Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest c... by Brian_K_White on Monday February 16, 2026 @02:27PM (#47039166)

Then before I give you my business or hire you, I also want to know that you are the kind of person that thinks they have a right to any other person's entire life, so I can hold it against you and prevent you from benefitting from all your other possible virtues and afforts.

So I likewise, require to know everything about you, including things that are none of my business but I just think they are my business and that's what matters. I'll make that call myself.

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Re:Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest c... by bko on Monday February 16, 2026 @05:35PM (#47041286)

You terms are acceptable. I'll put a sign out on my business that says "none of our employees have criminal records".

Note you are free to advertise hiring prior offenders.

You can also look up business ownership details and see if they have criminal records as well.

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Re:Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest c... by rootusrootus on Monday February 16, 2026 @06:08PM (#47041589)

> I'll put a sign out on my business that says "none of our employees have criminal records".

Why only criminal records? There is a huge amount of potentially useful information about everyone that goes way beyond criminal records.

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Re:Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest c... by reactordev on Monday February 16, 2026 @08:52PM (#47042744)

Define useful?

Credit history? Rental history? You want to make those a part of your job application? That could be discrimination…

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