Student loans firm accused of 'KGB tactics' for assessing eligibility

MPs challenge company chair over trawling applicants' social media to inform loan decisions Student Loans Company applicants should expect to have their Facebook posts and social media activity vetted as part of the approval process, despite a senior MP condemning such surveillance as "sinister, KGB knock-on-the-door" tactics. Christian Brodie, the SLC's chair, told a committee of MPs that the company gathered evidence from social media to determine eligibility for student loans because it regar...