| Re: Changing Your Name/Identify: Data Protection? |
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Group: uk.legal.moderated · Group Profile
Author: her_majestys_secret_serviceher_majestys_secret_service Date: May 10, 2008 08:30
> So it was suggested to me that perhaps I could change my name. And I
> guess even just changing my first name would be of some help.
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It should help, yes.
> However, I am worried about job employment forms mainly: They always
> state, please specify any previous names. So would I get found out or
> in trouble if I didn't specify former name(s)?
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Depends who you're working for, if you're applying to the Civil
Service/Police/MoD, etc and they want to run a security check for you,
then yes they would find out and they'd want to know why you didn't
tell them.
> And how about criminal record checks? If you have changed your name in
> the past year, and you only state this new name, would it be linked to
> a profile on you which contained your old name?
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You only need use your current name, as you have to give ID details,
such as a driving licence or passport and from that they know what
your old name was, when you change your name and apply to have your
driving licence and or passport changed to your new name, it
automatically links on some othe government computer systems, such as
the police national computer and the CRB database.
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