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The police can stop and question you at any time - they can search you depending on the situation.
Employers might monitor workers, but if the monitoring involves taking data, images or drug testing they have to do this in a way that's legal and fair
Employers might monitor workers. This could be done in various ways, like:…
Employers have to have consent if they want to test for drugs. Usually…
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Practical steps to manage the risk of online harms if your online platform allows people to search user generated content.
Stop and search rates for different ethnic groups in England and Wales.
Check if someone is disqualified from being a company director, when their disqualification starts and ends, why they were disqualified
Find registered patents, patent applications and pending patents
Sign up to HM Land Registry's free Property Alert service to help protect your property from fraud.
If you were adopted you can access your birth records or get on the Adoption Contact Register to find birth relatives - how to apply, forms and information for birth relatives
How to divorce or end a civil partnership if your partner’s gone missing, you do not know their whereabouts or they are presumed dead
You can ask Companies House to keep your address out of the company records people can search - who can apply, forms, when your address will be removed from the records
A collection of safety information for those using the coast, beaches and sailing.
Search for decisions from patent hearings
This series provides information about the index map and advice on how to apply for Official Searches and Official Copies with HM Land Registry.
Search by postcode to check if a property is built over an old coal mine - find out if you need a coal mining report, what it covers, other reports available, fees
How Business e-services customers can apply for a full land charges search through the portal.
The police have to follow strict rules if you're arrested, questioned or charged with a crime - you can get legal advice at a police station
How Business e-services customers can apply for an official search of whole with priority through the portal.
Your rights and security searches, body scans and privacy rules if you're disabled or taking medication aboard aircraft
Use this form to apply for a search warrant under section 8 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
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