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Richard Leonard, EssexCC
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Electronic Telegraph 12/17/00
Computer errors give thousands criminal records
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by David Hamber
Home Affairs Correspondent
THOUSANDS of innocent people will be wrongly branded as criminals when
police
records are released to the public for the first time next year because of
"significant inaccuracies" in force files.
Elizabeth France, the Data Protection Registrar, has warned Jack Straw, the
Home Secretary, that a large number of new certificates to be issued by the
Criminal Records Bureau could contain false information.
The certificates will be issued from next June, when individuals will be
able
to buy copies of their own criminal records at a cost of about £10.
Employers
in sensitive areas such as childcare and teaching can demand to see the
certificates before taking on an applicant.
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