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Is a Candidate’s Profile Picture Worth a Thousand Words?
Today’s employers are faced with a growing dilemma: whether or not to use social media to screen job candidates. The information you find on someone’s social media profile has the potential to make a...
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Technology Challenges & Changes in Employment Background Checks
In addition to EmployeeScreenIQ’s Quick Takes Video Series, we filmed footage of our panelists discussing the latest trends in the industry. We’re calling this additional footage our “roundtable”...
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Keeping Tabs on Big Data to Protect Consumer Privacy
The scrutiny of big data continues. On August 15, the FTC announced a $3.5M settlement with Cetergy Check Services, Inc. The FTC’s complaint alleged, among other things, that Cetergy did not follow...
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10 Years Later and Still Going Strong: The Birth of NAPBS
As many of our loyal readers know, I have been very passionate about the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) for many years. This trade association has become an...
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Counting to Seven: The 7 Year Rule for Reporting Adverse Information on a...
If you read the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) as much as I do (insert nerd joke here), you might know that it allows non-conviction criminal information to be reported for up to seven years. One...
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Senate Committee Brings Data Brokers Into the Light
Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) blasted data brokers in a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing held on December 18, 2013. Witnesses were questioned on the practices of...
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No Evidence of Injury Required: Spokeo Loses Appeal in FCRA Claim
You may already know that Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) litigation has picked up some steam over the past year. While recent class actions continue to grab the headlines, an appellate ruling in a...
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FTC and EEOC Publish Background Check Guide for Job Applicants
If there’s one part of the hiring process when the candidate experience can blow up, it’s the background check. The idea of a background check is daunting for most people—even those with a clean...
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December BTW: Uber Back in the Headlines, Background Check Guide for Job...
For those interested in staying up-to-date with the latest in compliance for pre-employment background screening and the laws that affect your use of employment background checks, follow our...
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The Federal Trade Commission Takes Down Diploma Mills
The World Wide Web just got a little bit safer for consumers. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has shut down two bad actors running Florida-based diploma mills. Maria Garcia and Alexander Wolfram...
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