I had been offered a job in UK with an investment bank. The contract had the precondition of successful accomplishment of some background check. I wasnt able to start my job until all criminal/credit history, identity, employment, studies verification etc where cleared.
I suspect that the screening company that was paid from my future employer to prove who I am has totally failed to verify many of this data. Consequently I had the job offer withdrawn.
I want to sue the screening company and get them to the court for compensation. Since I dealed with them for 2 months, trying to verify all these stuff to them, I realised how horribly incompetent they are on what they are doing.
To make things clear I want to clarify that almost all of the problems that appeared during this background screening process were in countries outside of UK. In countries that I was studying and working. The law about personal data and which of them are sensitive could be totally different outside of UK.
eg. My ex-employer in Poland was refusing to provide information of employment for me to them since they are 3rd party company and it took them 2 months to realise this and inform me although I had given them 2 or 3 times the authorisation to do it.
The university I studied is also not giving this information in every random "screening agency" that may call to ask such a question, stating that this is highly sensitive data. Actually what is "screening agency" means absolutely nothing to them I think.
Another example. They were complaining that my utility bill in my homeland where I live currently comes with the last name first followed by the surname. eg "Cameron David" no matter how strange this sounds in UK. I tried to explain them lots of times that is the case not only here but also in many other EU countries. And the bill is printed like that and not the other way round. e.g. "David Cameron" as expected in UK. Of course they kept on complaining.
Anyway I can go on giving endless examples of how horrible they proved themselves in screening in EU. I lost 2 months exchanging about 70 mails with them for not reason at all.
My point is that they pretend the "ultimate global detectives" although they have no idea how to do their job outside of UK, which data they can access and which not etc. Probably they gave a horrible report to my future employer and this lead in my rejection.
I lost my job offer that I was pursuing 6 months and now I am unemployed because of them.
For sure they hold personal inaccurate data about me.
I can read on the site of Information Commissioner's Office that "As an individual you may go to court to claim compensation for damage or distress caused by any organisation if they have breached the Data Protection Act."
I guess its possible? Please help I want the opinion of some lawyer.
I suspect that the screening company that was paid from my future employer to prove who I am has totally failed to verify many of this data. Consequently I had the job offer withdrawn.
I want to sue the screening company and get them to the court for compensation. Since I dealed with them for 2 months, trying to verify all these stuff to them, I realised how horribly incompetent they are on what they are doing.
To make things clear I want to clarify that almost all of the problems that appeared during this background screening process were in countries outside of UK. In countries that I was studying and working. The law about personal data and which of them are sensitive could be totally different outside of UK.
eg. My ex-employer in Poland was refusing to provide information of employment for me to them since they are 3rd party company and it took them 2 months to realise this and inform me although I had given them 2 or 3 times the authorisation to do it.
The university I studied is also not giving this information in every random "screening agency" that may call to ask such a question, stating that this is highly sensitive data. Actually what is "screening agency" means absolutely nothing to them I think.
Another example. They were complaining that my utility bill in my homeland where I live currently comes with the last name first followed by the surname. eg "Cameron David" no matter how strange this sounds in UK. I tried to explain them lots of times that is the case not only here but also in many other EU countries. And the bill is printed like that and not the other way round. e.g. "David Cameron" as expected in UK. Of course they kept on complaining.
Anyway I can go on giving endless examples of how horrible they proved themselves in screening in EU. I lost 2 months exchanging about 70 mails with them for not reason at all.
My point is that they pretend the "ultimate global detectives" although they have no idea how to do their job outside of UK, which data they can access and which not etc. Probably they gave a horrible report to my future employer and this lead in my rejection.
I lost my job offer that I was pursuing 6 months and now I am unemployed because of them.
For sure they hold personal inaccurate data about me.
I can read on the site of Information Commissioner's Office that "As an individual you may go to court to claim compensation for damage or distress caused by any organisation if they have breached the Data Protection Act."
I guess its possible? Please help I want the opinion of some lawyer.
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