December 03, 2013 - Women across the country are to have the right to find out if their boyfriend has a secret violent past. Clare’s Law, which enables them to ask police for background checks that could reveal whether they are at risk of attack or abuse, will be extended nationally within months. It also gives potential victims a ‘right to know’, which allows police to disclose sensitive information about a partner even if an individual has not asked for it. The expansion of Clare’s Law nationally comes after a successful 14-month trial in Manchester, Gwent, Wiltshire and Nottingham during which 400 women were given sensitive information such as details of a partner’s criminal record or complaints about them. &...
November 25, 2013 - A centre which is able to provide complete and valid information, including an individual’s past criminal records, must be established during...
November 21, 2013 - A new study, published in the journal PLOS ONE shows that people with drug-related criminal records in Norway have a mortality rate that can be up...
November 14, 2013 - At the end of November, volunteers working with children and vulnerable adults in B.C. will be eligible for free criminal record checks. Starti...
November 13, 2013 - Advance listings of hearings in all criminal courts could be available online from next year, under an amendment proposed to the Criminal Procedure...
November 07, 2013 - Romania’s ambassador to the United Kingdom has recently launched an attack on elements of the British press and political sphere for their &l...
November 01, 2013 - Nearly half of defendants lack legal representation, 80 per cent are held in pretrial detention, and a sizeable chunk confess before they get a hea...
October 31, 2013 - Pilot program expands from 3 provincial-level governments to 9 People in nine provinces can now search online for their credit information as...
October 30, 2013 - Those persons against whom criminal cases have been lodged in the past year will be barred from applying for the new 32,000 autorickshaw permits. T...
October 28, 2013 - Around 5% of European workers have experienced violence, bullying or harassment in the workplace. However exposure to workplace violence and threat...
October 28, 2013 - Find below a short quiz on how well you might understand international criminal record retieval, especially for background checks and pr...
October 25, 2013 - While a notorious sex offender wanted on a Canada-wide warrant entered the United States despite a massive manhunt, lesser-known wannabe visitors -...
October 25, 2013 - Beijing Chaoyang District People's Court handed down sentences on to two Internet companies that published rumors claiming a female Sinopec off...
October 24, 2013 - Judges and court personnel may be subject to lifestyle checks as part of efforts of the Supreme Court (SC) and the Office of the Ombudsman to rid t...
October 24, 2013 - by Steven Brownstein 'EU lawmakers to beef up data protection laws.' That's garbbing the EU headlines. European Union lawm...
October 24, 2013 - European Union lawmakers were set to approve sweeping new data protection rules to strengthen online privacy, and sought to outlaw most data transf...
October 23, 2013 - by Steven Brownstein 'EU lawmakers to beef up data protection laws.' That's garbbing the EU headlines. European Union lawm...
October 23, 2013 - European Union lawmakers were set to approve sweeping new data protection rules to strengthen online privacy, and sought to outlaw most data transf...
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