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Originally Posted by Osem
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24075588
I recall thinking that the Data Protection Act would have unintended consequences and this seems to be one such. The police cited data protection law for serious failures relating to information regarding Ian Huntley years ago and now there's this which is very probably just another example of how well intentioned laws can have massive implications which weren't thought through at the time.
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There were 2 main problems with the Ian Huntley situation. First, he was never convicted of anything, second it was his girlfriend, Maxine Carr, that provided the link to the school. He worked at the building next door to the school. That next door building just happened to be another school. It could have been a factory etc or he could have worked in another building, even in another town. They went to the house to see Maxine Carr, not him. If CRB checks had been in place at that time, it wouldn't have changed anything, as it was his girlfriend Maxine Carr who was the teaching assistant and she would have passed the checks.