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Discriminatory Practice & Illegal Data Collection
Hi all, I recently applied for a job through an employment agency, and was promptly handed a registration pack, which included a DBS Risk Assessment Form.
A DBS is not surprising as I have worked in Health, Social Care and Education, with both vulnerable children and adults, since the early 90's.
However the content of the form did raise serious concern about exactly how this information could be used and to what extent the data was necessary given current GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations)
In brief the form consists of the following 3 page document - please see attached
Page 1 - At first glanced it seems a little different, but then things evolve within these fields quite quickly.
Page 2 - Are they using this information to judge people based on their past convictions, which may be non-relevant? and why would you want to asertain someones pscyho-emotional state, given their past history, particularly if it were traumatic in any way?
Page 3 - Would it feel like the individual was being judged/tried again - despite having been punished for their crimes already? And how can this not be a consciously-biased or discriminatory pproduced form?
I have read all of the guidance information provided by the home office, (http://www.crb.homeoffice.gov.uk/gui..._guidance.aspx) and it does not say anything about this line of question or data collection.
There is a need for strict(er) safeguarding within specific fields, but surely this crosses the line?
What are your observations and thoughts?
A DBS is not surprising as I have worked in Health, Social Care and Education, with both vulnerable children and adults, since the early 90's.
However the content of the form did raise serious concern about exactly how this information could be used and to what extent the data was necessary given current GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations)
In brief the form consists of the following 3 page document - please see attached
Page 1 - At first glanced it seems a little different, but then things evolve within these fields quite quickly.
Page 2 - Are they using this information to judge people based on their past convictions, which may be non-relevant? and why would you want to asertain someones pscyho-emotional state, given their past history, particularly if it were traumatic in any way?
Page 3 - Would it feel like the individual was being judged/tried again - despite having been punished for their crimes already? And how can this not be a consciously-biased or discriminatory pproduced form?
I have read all of the guidance information provided by the home office, (http://www.crb.homeoffice.gov.uk/gui..._guidance.aspx) and it does not say anything about this line of question or data collection.
There is a need for strict(er) safeguarding within specific fields, but surely this crosses the line?
What are your observations and thoughts?
