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Can Google Search Strings Ease Adverse Media Screening
September 05, 2024 - Adverse media is becoming increasingly important to compliance processes. With so much to check, Sigma Ratings has posed the question of whether Google search strings can make things easier. Google search strings allow users to screen a name of an individual or company against multiple search phrases at the same time. An investigator can use additional criteria to filter results to help them check if an entity has any results related with documented past crimes or negative news. Adverse media is used to describe negative news and information that could be detrimental to an individual, business or organisation. This can include everything from criminal records and financial issues to political scandals and public re...
False Positives in Background Screening Criminal Records Searches
August 28, 2024 - A false positive in a criminal record background check occurs when the check incorrectly identifies someone as having a criminal record when...
Things a CRA Must Look Out For
August 17, 2024 - Stories continue from lawsuits, in particular about background screening companies generating criminal background check reports from data that ofte...
A Background Search Story You Need To Read
August 12, 2024 - This is a story, especially for the newcomer, hard to imagine, but in the beginning.... It was the Monday before Thanksgiving, 1996. I was visiting...
EXCLUSIVE : Fincen Downloadable Experience
August 04, 2024 - Download FinCEN Files Transaction Data To extract as much information as possible from the files, dozens of reporters collaborated to manually...
TUTORIAL - Classifications of Canada's Criminal Offenses
July 28, 2024 - In Canada, criminal offenses are categorized into three main types: summary offenses, indictable offenses, and hybrid offenses. Here's an overv...
The Background Investigator Goes To Moscow
July 15, 2024 - In a continuing series, The Background Investigator, sends its attorneys to various countries around the world to explore the justice systems...
INDIA - Kerala High Court protects the right to access court records
July 07, 2024 - A series of petitions before the Kerala HC sought the removal of court orders from the Indian Kanoon website by claiming the ‘right to be for...
What does a Stayed Disposition mean in Ontario, Canada Courts?
June 11, 2024 - stayed Charges are “stayed” when a judge or a Crown decides that it would be bad for the justice system for the case to continue....
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COURT SEARCHES BACK ONLINE
June 09, 2024 - It's been over a week; it seemed to be forever, but St Thomas and the rset of the US Virgin Islands have gotten their act together and brought...
U.S. Virgin Islands Superior Court Record Portal is Offline!
May 22, 2024 - U.S. Virgin Islands Superior Court Record Portal is Offline! Breaking News! It's ba...
The Risk Of Hiring Fraudulent Employees Just Got Bigger
May 13, 2024 - These are strange times. Ominous signs of a recession looming over what is decidedly a candidate’s jobs market, with more jobs to fill than p...
Court News You Can Use - How Do You Know if You're Choosing the Correct Jurisdiction
April 21, 2024 - Here is a questionthat was asked of Straightline International. I found the response interesting How do you know if this court is right?...
Guam Alterations in Court Record Retrieval Processes and Case Information Access
April 21, 2024 - Update On Guam Court Protocol (official version): Alterations in Court Record Retrieval Processes and Case Information Access... The Guam Super...
What CRA's Really Want from Record Retrievers
April 20, 2024 - I am reminded of a lesson I learned 20 years ago from a CRA's President, "As a court researcher," he said, "we don't...
Time After Time - Naysayers Proven Wrong
April 09, 2024 - At the first India Pre-employment Screening Conference back in 2007, the topic of South Korea criminal record searches was brought up. Wayne To...
UK: Proposed New Rule Would Radically Expand Public Access To Court Documents
April 08, 2024 - The Civil Procedure Rule Committee is consulting on a revised rule 5.4C which, as currently drafted, would lead to parties' witness statements,...
Misgendering A Criminal Background Check Can Lead To World Of Hurt
April 04, 2024 - Jordan applies for a job. She checks the female box. But Jordan has not always been a female. She recently transgendered. And she kept her give...
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