Recent content by 87 027

I was thinking more about identifying the right vehicle in mid pursuit in the dark! Maybe cars could broadcast this information but then presumably people could carry signal jammers... And I do think there are cyber security concerns over the ability to remotely halt a vehicle while it's moving...

How would the police make sure they've identified the correct vehicle to immobilise e.g. if it's got cloned or obscured number plates?

My other half went through that area around 45 minutes ago, felt the heat from inside the carriage and dialled 999 as she felt it wasn't safe for trains to pass

Not in all circumstances. One charity of which I am treasurer uses Barclays. In order to set up dual authorisation for online payments we have to have what they term a "complex mandate". This is incompatible with the Barclays app which is designed for a single authorised signatory setup. So I...

While true, I have had a mandate change rejected because my signature on the change form wasn't a close enough match to what was on file (I'm guessing AI was in play here). So at least some signatures are verified in some circumstances.

Scout and Guide groups, church charities and some others fall within a category known as "excepted" charities which means not only do they not need to register individually with the Charity Commission, they are in fact not allowed to do so unless they can justify to the Charity Commission why...

Yes, the limit is £2,000 and the cheque I have received is from one account to another within the same federation of charities (Scouts). The irony is probably that the sending charity doesn't have dual authorisation for online banking either because their bank doesn't offer it or it is...

Great if @Bletchleyite has encountered no difficulties in his own personal experience but this report from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales is more in line with @35B and suggests that unfortunately good service is not universal, citing a Charity Commission survey in...

The auditors report I linked to upthread says that government deliberately sets out to make a surplus on visa and immigration fees. See Figure 1 on page 7 - costs £1.245bn, revenue £2.626bn. 1774297390 Nevertheless given that the origin of this thread is the cost of government-backed documents...

At the risk of injecting some controversy into the debate, government's proposal for a new digital ID is that it will be free However it is also suggested that the new digital ID will be a new form of ID and will not simply be a digitised version of the existing passport or driving licence...

You might find this report from government's own auditors quite illuminating. It says that the Passport Office has a target of recovering 100% of the costs of a passport through fees (Figure 5, page 20) but in 2023-24 only recovered 74% of its costs (Figure 11, page 33) and has missed its cost...

Didn't the old London Bridge Thameslink platforms have standalone Oyster validators before the major upgrade? Therefore removal is deliberate

Ahem... https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/29/okta-admits-hackers-accessed-data-on-all-customers-during-recent-breach/ Cyber security and resilience is a serious problem and we shouldn't be lulled into a false sense of security that solutions are easy

As someone who has to undertake Anti Money Laundering training annually it is drummed into us that we are personally liable and on the hook as individuals for a possible prison sentence quite aside from any failings on the part of our employer. The only defence is to follow the employer's...

I haven't had this on a personal account but have experienced it on a charity account for an organisation of which I am treasurer. They wanted the UK tax details of officials and trustees. I suspect it is connected to the US FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) regulations which create...