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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 (FCRA) by mislabeling him as a terrorist on his credit report because his name resembled two people on a terrorist watch list, a news release from the law firm representing the plaintiff stated. The lawsuit filed by plaintiff Ahmed Al-Shaikli followed two other lawsuits brought against TransUnion – one of the three major nationwide Credit Reporting Agencies (CRA) along with Equifax and Experian – over the same type of misreporting that led to punitive damages verdicts, including a record verdict of $60 million under the FCRA. In March 2020, Al-Shaikli&rsq...
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...
New Study: Criminals Have Smaller Brains
February 20, 2020 - Scientists claim the 'handicap' which can be spotted in early childhood may explain why life-long offenders lie, steal and are violent...
EPIC Asks Federal Trade Commission To Regulate Use Of Artificial Intelligence In Pre-Employment Scre
February 20, 2020 - The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has charged that HireVue, a leading provider of artificial intelligence-based pre-employment scree...
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