[Anonymouse]

To be a good little boy I'm applying for jobs...and knowingly shooting myself in the foot by telling them of my current poor state of health. But I honestly believe I should, as per H & S legislation - if I tell 'em in the cover letter, they take me on and something happens owing to said condition, I'm legally covered. I can readily prove this because jobsites keep a copy of each application. If I tell them beforehand - and if I can prove it - that puts the ball in their court.

I applied for a iob with an agency (not naming them yet, if at all). They require me to register. Fair enough. But then they ask me to upload my passport details. I'm just about to when sense kicks in. Under the Data Protection Act they're entitled to info they need. As far as I can see they only need name and address - the employer, in the unlikely event I get that far, might need my passport as proof of my right to work in the UK, but I don't see why an agency does.

Here's the constructive paranoia: supposedly my details are being passed to a secure service. First, how do I know it's secure? Second, how do I know I didn't get the email from an AI? (Okay, how do they know I'm not an AI?) Sending off my passport details just to register with a bloody agency seems a bit much.

This is (supposedly) to keep in line with government legislation. Sorry, but they're constantly proving we can't trust them, so I'm not inclined to trust their legislation.

Is this in fact paranoia? Or am I right to be cautious?