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Plans for a database containing the details of employees who have been dismissed has been criticised by one expert.

According to the BBC, the National Staff Dismissal Register organised by Action Against Business Crime will be accessible by subscription and will provide a forum for employers to post information about former employees who were dismissed.

However, a spokesperson for Privacy International, said that the database is unnecessary and is not in the public interest.

Without legal backing, the database would probably be illegal, he stated, noting that employers wanting to use the scheme would need to make their case to parliament.

"If this information was wrong, intentionally or accidentally, it would come very near to defamation and libel if it prevented someone from getting a new job because of a disgruntled previous employer. This is someone's livelihood we're placing at risk," he said.

Privacy International was formed in 1990 to act as a watchdog on surveillance and privacy invasions by corporations and governments.

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