UK civil service users third party identity confirmation for jobs, companiess like Experian and the Post Office - you know companies that leak personal data lik

UK civil service users third party identity confirmation for jobs, companiess like Experian and the Post Office - you know companies that leak personal data like a sieve. Anyway, one of the verifiers is past addresses, so this sort of thing could prove a problem when applying for jobs in the UK. Tories gotta tory - put a private firm between people and job applications, demand they give all their ID data to that firm. Oh, and the firms all have recent mass data leaks. It's a core part of several gov departments (passports, drivers licensing, benefits, taxes) to be able to ID people and the gov have all the data with which to do it. Crazy.