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“Enforced subject access” will become a criminal offence on 10th March 2015

We’ve learnt from the Information Commissioners Office that section 56 of the Data Protection Act 1998 will be brought into force on the 10th March 2015.

This means that “enforced subject access” will finally become a criminal offence. As we explained back in June 2014 when this was first announced, this is an important development for people with convictions.

There is more information about this news on our self-help information site.

Latest updates to our self-help information site – January 2015

We’ve just published a summary of the recent updates we’ve made to our Information Hub.

You can read the summary on our Hub here.

Latest updates to our self-help information site – December 2014

We’ve just published a summary of the recent updates we’ve made to our Information Hub.

You can read the summary on our Hub here.

Latest updates to our self-help information site – November 2014

We’ve just published a summary of the recent updates we’ve made to our Information Hub.

You can read the summary on our Hub here.

Latest updates to our self-help information site – October 2014

We’ve just published a summary of the recent updates we’ve made to our Information Hub.

You can read the summary on our Hub here.

Film about disclosing convictions – “Making your past pay”

Earlier this week, there was a film launched by Staffordshire and West Midlands CRC about disclosing convictions to employers.

We helped them out with some of the content, and they mentioned Unlock and our Disclosure Calculator, which is good to see.

You should be able to watch the film below, and there’s more details about the video on the SWM CRC website.

Let us know what you think – feel free to comment at the bottom of this page!

 

Making Your Past Pay – Help with disclosing previous convictions to employers from SWM Probation on Vimeo.

Latest updates to our self-help information site – September 2014

We’ve just published a summary of the recent updates we’ve made to our Information Hub.

You can read the summary on our Hub here.

Latest updates: unlock.devchd.com/information-and-advice/ – July/August 2014

We’ve just published a summary of the recent updates we’ve made to our Information Hub.

You can read the summary on our Hub here.

Employers’ access to ‘subject access’ records will become a criminal offence from December 2014

We’ve learnt today that the Ministry of Justice are planning to bring section 56 of the Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998 into force on the 1st December 2014.

There’s more information about this in an update on our Information Hub.

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