To give all my personal information to what appears to be a chinese provider for DBS clearance.

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New job requiring clearance for DBS. Given all the concerns around China why are these organisations being given licence in this country to process our personal information. I need to provide EVERYTHING. Of course it will have been approved by ICO but aibu to feel distinctly uncomfortable by needing to do this.
If so any tjoughys on my options going forward?

Company is called Hooyu

Not a Chinese one, but I’ve just refused to submit documentation through a similar provider.
I understand how strong the security for my ID was in terms of hackers. However, in terms of the company themselves internally misusing data I have no more than their word.
It’s like me asking for you PIN and promising you I won’t access your bank account ultimately.
The risk of misuse is so high with passports and all my personal details that I politely refused deciding it wasn’t worth it. When I refused it suddenly wasn’t impossible to show ID the traditional way.

Hooyu is used by first direct and HSBC to verify mortgage application documentation, I don’t thibk they’re Chinese. I think it’s just a yoo-nique brand name spelling ‘who you’ phonetically.

I get mine done through the gov. Uk website, googled dbs and couldn’t find the one you mention.

Read their ‘about us page’

What makes you think they're Chinese, out of interest? I've had to speak to a couple of people at Hooyu, and I think they were in the UK. They were both British anyway.

HooYu is a UK-foundedtechnology company, acquired by Mitek Systems in 2022

Hooyu is widely used (and it seems, not Chinese anyway). UK GDPR does allow personal data to processed in China, there are safeguards. I agree it’s not what I’d want, but we are so far gone with China ingrained in almost every aspect of our lives, that ship has sailed. If Hooyu (even if incorrectly) scares you, don’t look at the hold China has over local and central government technology services!!

Thanks for the responses will go through later in more detail

It took one search for "hooyu" on Google and two further clicks to discover that it's not a Chinese company. The only link to China is that you think the name sounds Chinese. It might not be outright racism, but there's definitely some unconscious bias going on in your head

Mitek Systems is American.

Well exactly. Is there another reason you mistakenly thought the company was Chinese other than an interpretation of the name?