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Background Check Information (That Shouldn't Be Available) Can Cost You Plenty of $$$
September 25, 2019 - A federal jury ruled that Bucks County willfully disseminated criminal record information through an online search tool on the county's website, violating a federal privacy law. As a result of the class-action lawsuit verdict, Bucks County could be required to pay up to $67 million to the 67,000 people booked in county jail from 1938 to 2013. Personal information, photos, and charges had been made public through the Buck County website's inmate lookup tool for anyone booked during those 75 years, the courts found. The eight-person jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia determined the county had "willfully," or with a rec...
Lyft, Uber, Checkr Show Why Continuous Monitoting Does Not Work
September 24, 2019 - A review of Portland Bureau of Transportation records found 168 cases during the past five years in which city inspectors suspended or revoked an U...
SHRM Says "FCRA’s Seven-Year Reporting Window Begins with Charge, Not Dismissal"
September 23, 2019 - The seven-year limit for reporting criminal charges on background checks begins when the charges are filed, not when they're dismissed, a feder...
Survey - More than Three-Quarters Of U.S. Citizens Accept State And Local Governments Sharing Their
September 17, 2019 - Most U.S. citizens acknowledge and accept that state and local government agencies share their personal data, even when it comes to personal inform...
An Example Of One Of The Most Common Summary Offenses In England
September 17, 2019 - Two local businesses fined for not having TV licences The proprietors of a pub and a restaurant in North Warwickshire which were caught without...
Pennsylvania County May Owe Millions After Arrest Records Are Still Posted on Mugshots.com
September 16, 2019 - In 2011, Daryoush Taha’s friend alerted him to something shocking: Taha’s photograph and personal information on the website Mugshots.c...
Are there really Court Runners in Every County?
September 16, 2019 - I was last week at (of all places) Sicily when I met this young entrepreneur who is making it big in digital ID verification. It was insane, to say...
Compliance Shut Down - A Narrative
August 29, 2019 - From the "Say it ain't so department" Someone told me this scene took place in a major CRA's backroom meeting....
Steven Brownstein LLC CW-1 Application for Temporary Employment Certification
July 16, 2019 - This notice must be posted in a manner that provides reasonable notification to all employees in the job classification and area in which the work...
Checkr Boss Defends Background Check As Not Botched
June 24, 2019 - This is a wierd article but it expresses the truth that your background check result may not too good. See article: https://abcnews.go.com/...
Is Appriss Against Senior Citizens
June 20, 2019 - Appriss teamed up with WalMart to provide your prescription information to a database, The only outcome of this invasion of privacy is nefariou...
SJV and Associates Blog Online
June 19, 2019 - Just click below and away you go! https://blog.sjvassoc.com/index.html...
'Ghost warrants’: criminal records haunt Americans long after they are invalid
May 25, 2019 - Last month, Causey Davis found himself in handcuffs in the back of a New Orleans police cruiser, bewildered. Held there for over an hour...
Checkr Founders Admit Their Background Checks Contain Errors
April 24, 2019 - Checkr cofounders admit their background checks aren't perfect. If someone commits a crime away from their home state, their (so they...
This Company Claims to Be the Best in Background Checks
April 23, 2019 - In the world of "people screening," speed and accuracy are the industry's key pain points. Most background checks are processed manua...
Understanding India Criminal Record Searches
April 22, 2019 - Download this FREE guide to India Criminal Record Searches: https://issuu.com/findcrime/docs/india_criminal_records_history_retr?e=6...
Uber, Lyft need to justify fighting fingerprinting
April 22, 2019 - Uber and Lyft are enjoying great success in the Bay State, but public perception of safety issues might radically change that reality. As the Heral...
Lawsuits Coming to Firms Touting AI for Background Cjecks
April 22, 2019 - Background checks are becoming big business, and two relatively new innovations are changing the employment landscape for anyone with a history of&...
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