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 bko on Monday February 16, 2026 @05:31PM (#47041261)

Why are only some sectors "vulnerable" and who is to make that call? How about the person cooking my food?

You're over-thinking it, trying to solve for a problem that doesn't exist. No one has a "right" to work for me. There's plenty of roles that accept ex-cons and orgs that actively hire them.

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Re:Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest c... by rootusrootus on Monday February 16, 2026 @06:06PM (#47041578)

> No one has a "right" to work for me.

True, but surely your rights to know everything about someone who would work for you also has limits.

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Re:Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest c... by bko on Monday February 16, 2026 @08:14PM (#47042489)

Of course, I don't need to know everything, just if I'm hiring them I'd like to know if they have been tried and convicted of a crime, and then I can make a judgement whether it's disqualifying for my particular need.

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Re:Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest c... by Forgeties79 on Monday February 16, 2026 @06:30PM (#47041758)

I don’t think everything you’re saying is completely out of line, but the way you’re drawing a line in the sand and being so unequivocal about this is kind of striking. You won’t even entertain a more nuanced to approach to this.

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