XPost: uk.radio.amateur, rec.radio.amateur.policy   
   From: no.sp@m.com   
      
   On 17/09/17 09:36, Spike wrote:   
   > On 17/09/2017 01:15, Paul Cummins wrote:   
   >>  no.sp@m.com (Brian Reay) wrote:   
   >   
   >>> We don't, for example, allow in perverts/troublemakers   
   >>> in   
   >   
   >> How would you know? Do you require people to provide a DBS before entry?   
   >> Or take references?   
   >   
   > This is the concerning factor about RSGBTech. For everyone that applies,   
   > something has to be found out about the applicant in order for the   
   > 'vetting' processes to determine whether or not they met the criteria of   
   > 'known' 'trouble' and 'maker' - all the terms being publicly undefined,   
   > of course, so they can be as elastic as necessary.   
   >   
   > What information is sought? From what sources? What procedures are   
   > carried out to verify such information?   
   >   
   > What is done with that information: is it stored, or communicated, for   
   > example?   
   >   
   > ISTM that the processes of collection, processing and storage of this   
   > information could be queried for their lawfulness. 'Vetting' for   
   > 'perverts', as the person quoted above has referred to many times, is   
   > surely going to carry particular legal risks for the group management,   
   > and one wonders if the RSGB, the name and logo of which are carried by   
   > the group, are comfortable with this - or even know about it.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Still whining Spike. No doubt you will still be whining about this in a   
   year's time. Don't you tire of your own, silly, tirades?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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