Comments on: Lawyer sacked from £150,000 job after DNA is wrongly put on national database http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2009-11/lawyer-sacked-from-150000-job-after-dna-is-wrongly-put-on-national-database/ The latest on Identity Cards and Databases in the UK Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:28:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: THIS is why it's important to curtial the activities of companies like RLP - The Consumer Forums http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2009-11/lawyer-sacked-from-150000-job-after-dna-is-wrongly-put-on-national-database/comment-page-1/#comment-143569 THIS is why it's important to curtial the activities of companies like RLP - The Consumer Forums Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:26:21 +0000 http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/?p=1599#comment-143569 [...] [...] [...] [...]

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]]> By: Christine http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2009-11/lawyer-sacked-from-150000-job-after-dna-is-wrongly-put-on-national-database/comment-page-1/#comment-143567 Christine Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:05:04 +0000 http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/?p=1599#comment-143567 As a lawyer apposed to the surveillance state I have feared for a long time that the mere presence of persons DNA will lead people to be suspicious of the subject. Even DNA of children taken voluntarily & with a parents consent at an early age will be affected The assumption will be 'no smoke without fire' & guilty until proven innocent As a lawyer apposed to the surveillance state I have feared for a long time that the mere presence of persons DNA will lead people to be suspicious of the subject. Even DNA of children taken voluntarily & with a parents consent at an early age will be affected

The assumption will be ‘no smoke without fire’ & guilty until proven innocent

]]> By: andrew http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2009-11/lawyer-sacked-from-150000-job-after-dna-is-wrongly-put-on-national-database/comment-page-1/#comment-143561 andrew Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:36:46 +0000 http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/?p=1599#comment-143561 The Mail's piece has indeed been pulled, and the Daily Telegraph carries a slightly different story which points the finger at the Ms Elliott's arrest record on the PNC rather than her record on the DNA database: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6563877/City-lawyer-fired-after-police-kept-record-of-her-innocent-arrest.html <blockquote>A City lawyer, Lorraine Elliott, was fired from a £150,000-a-year job working on a Government contract after a vetting check showed that she had been wrongly accused of forging a signature on her daughter’s nursery application form. Mrs Elliott, 42, had her details logged on the police national computer after she was wrongly accused by her estranged husband of signing his name on the form. She was arrested but cleared within 24 hours, and checks at the school found no evidence of wrongdoing. However, officers kept details of her arrest – effectively giving her a record. Mrs Elliott disclosed yesterday how the “black mark” caused her to fail a security check and cost her a job working on the National Identity Card scheme.</blockquote> The Mail’s piece has indeed been pulled, and the Daily Telegraph carries a slightly different story which points the finger at the Ms Elliott’s arrest record on the PNC rather than her record on the DNA database:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6563877/City-lawyer-fired-after-police-kept-record-of-her-innocent-arrest.html

A City lawyer, Lorraine Elliott, was fired from a £150,000-a-year job working on a Government contract after a vetting check showed that she had been wrongly accused of forging a signature on her daughter’s nursery application form.

Mrs Elliott, 42, had her details logged on the police national computer after she was wrongly accused by her estranged husband of signing his name on the form.

She was arrested but cleared within 24 hours, and checks at the school found no evidence of wrongdoing. However, officers kept details of her arrest – effectively giving her a record.

Mrs Elliott disclosed yesterday how the “black mark” caused her to fail a security check and cost her a job working on the National Identity Card scheme.

]]> By: Tim http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2009-11/lawyer-sacked-from-150000-job-after-dna-is-wrongly-put-on-national-database/comment-page-1/#comment-143557 Tim Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:03:29 +0000 http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/?p=1599#comment-143557 Strangely the story has been removed from the Daily Mail site, Strangely the story has been removed from the Daily Mail site,

]]> By: nemo_sum http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/2009-11/lawyer-sacked-from-150000-job-after-dna-is-wrongly-put-on-national-database/comment-page-1/#comment-143556 nemo_sum Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:12:18 +0000 http://www.no2id.net/newsblog/?p=1599#comment-143556 How nice it is to see the biter bit - or should that be 'bitten'? Either way, it brought a smile to me. Sic semper tyrannis! How nice it is to see the biter bit – or should that be ‘bitten’? Either way, it brought a smile to me.

Sic semper tyrannis!

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