Thank you all for reassuring! I get on with my life then;) too bad I didn't know the forum before I received that damn letter. Thank you once more!

Mr.P, It says "Have you had civil proceedings (other than a divorce/dissolution of marriage or civil partnership) brought against you?"

Hello there! I've Googled previous threads on the forum regarding to RLP but couldn't find the answer to my specific case. few months ago I had an incident with shoplifting in Primark. No police were called, my id was photocopied, phone number taken, address and debit card confirmed in my bank branch (to confirm the address I suppose). I was informed about RLP (retail loss prevention; civil recovery) actions and so I received a letter few weeks after to pay a fine. I did pay and received confirmation about final settlement. Case closed. However now I would like to register in professional council as a nurse and one of the question on registration paper asks whether I had any civil proceedings brought against me and if so, to give details about them. Another point to declare on the registration is that " I consent to the Professional Council contacting any person to obtain further information about my application or to verify the information that I have provided". RLP states that my basic data will be stored in national database of civil recovery incidents. My question is, how legitimate is this database and how can it affect me? I have read previous topic about RLP and ignoring their claims of payment. what I understood is that RLP is using big words to scare people whereas they have no legal right to get the money. Could it be the same with publishing my data? Of course I am not proud of what I did and it was absolutely stupid to do so but now I am petrified that because of such thing I might never be registered in my dream job... Thank you for any help Sas