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• DBS Check Delays - Why?

  September 12, 2020 - Here are some of the most common causes for delays in the DBS process:   Paper application forms. One decision that will impact how long a DBS check takes is how it is submitted. It’s increasingly common to complete a DBS check online, but there are some applications which are still submitted by paper. DBS paper application forms will, as expected, take longer to process. Not just because of the time taken to post the DBS application, but a form with queries or discrepancies would have to be returned via post to be corrected before any countersigning can be done, which would cause further delays.   Form errors. Individuals and employers should always make sure the details on any DBS application form are co...

• Why Civil Searches Are delayed

  September 03, 2020 - Civil searches are usually slower than criminal for many reasons.   The main reason is that you don't  get the result at the...

• Selling Terroist List namechecks Can Get You In Trouble

  August 30, 2020 - On August 24, 2020, a Pennsylvania man filed a class action lawsuit in federal court claiming TransUnion violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FC...

• The Purgatory of Digital Punishment

  July 06, 2020 - By SARAH ESTHER LAGESON   It doesn’t matter whether they’re accurate—criminal records are all over the internet, whe...

• APPRISS Stuck in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act Lawsuit

  May 17, 2020 - For those wondering where the limit on Telephone Consumer Protection Act wrong number cases might be, keep looking.   A state vendor i...

• Due Diligence and Background Checks in the Age of Coronavirus

  May 13, 2020 - What is an Employer to do? Eight Frequently Discussed Issues byLester Rosen   Even with the Coronavirus and the near-total shutdow...

• My Experience Before A Data Privacy Commission

  May 12, 2020 - My experience -  I've been called in front of the Office for Personal Data Protection – Macao SAR Government, including their legal...

• Steven Brownstein Is The Expert At Calling The Courts

  April 12, 2020 - Back in the 80's and 90's we had to call the courts.  In the "old days" we didn't have internet or online access.&nb...

• Coronavirus Domino-Effect On Background Check Services

  March 15, 2020 - We can't run from it. We can't hide from it.    Government services are being affected - one of them being our access to...

• Why Was A 22GB database Containing 56 million US folks' Personal Details Sitting On The Open Interne

  March 11, 2020 -     A database containing the personal details of 56.25m US residents – from names and home addresses to phone numbers and...

• India to Have World’s Largest Auto Facial Recognition System iI 2021

  March 10, 2020 - The Central government has announced that it has given its approval for the implementation of the Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS). This...

• Analysis: Errors In Illinois Criminal History Data Can Undermine Background Checks

  March 09, 2020 - A crack in the system   Megan Berkel had a clean record and had been listed as work eligible in the Health Care Worker Registry for si...

• 10 Top APIs for Crime

  March 09, 2020 - Developers looking to create applications for crime fighting can find dozens of Application Programming Interfaces, or APIs in the Crime category o...

• Why Journalists Need To Think Twice About Reporting On Arrests

  February 28, 2020 - Perhaps, we, too.   Last month, out of Omaha, a documentary that follows twin brothers Darcell and Darrell Trotter through eight years...

• New Mexico District Court Enlists Virtual Receptionist

  February 27, 2020 - She has curly brown hair, warm brown eyes and and there are plans for her to speak at least four languages.   Her name is Clara &mdash...

• Steven Brownstein and The Background Investigator Celebrates 20th Anniversary As First and Longest

  February 27, 2020 - The Background Investigator – the first and longest running publication in the background screening industry – is celebrating its 20th...

• Fake Records- Has India's CRP Technologies Cleaned Up Its Act?

  February 21, 2020 - Police bust fake verification racket Bangalore, Feb 12, 2014, DHNS:,    Vanaraj, 58, resident of Chennai, and H Asrani, 42, resid...

• The Body Shop Will Start Using “Open Hiring” Without Background Checks

  February 21, 2020 - Written By Thomas Ahearn   The Body Shop – will start using an “open hiring” process and hire the first applicants w...