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DHS is Circumventing Constitution by Buying Data It Would Normally Need a Warrant to Access
February 05, 2026 - The Fourth Amendment generally requires the government to get a warrant before searching your private information, but government agencies are circumventing the intent of the Constitution by simply buying sensitive, personal data from private companies. Today, the ACLU published documents obtained from the Department of Homeland Security shedding light on how ICE, Customs and Border Protection, and other parts of DHS have bought access to huge amounts of highly sensitive location data harvested from people’s cell phones that enables government tracking of our movements over time. We filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against DHS in 2020 for records about its practice of purchasing bulk access to cell phone loc...
The Why of London Searches
January 29, 2026 - Clarification on London Jurisdictional Searches I wanted to clarify why we conducted searches at both the Magistrates and Crown Courts fo...
Seoul South Korea - What are the District Courts and Which Communities Do They Serve
January 26, 2026 - In Seoul, South Korea, the judiciary includes several district courts that serve different areas within the city and surrounding regions. Each dist...
Understanding Summary vs. Indictable Offenses - CANADA
January 25, 2026 - Understanding Summary vs. Indictable Offenses A Practical Guide to Offense Types, Convictions, and Hybrid Cases 1. Offense Types...
What’s the Difference? Criminal Indictments, Informations, and Complaints
January 21, 2026 - What’s the Difference? Criminal Indictments, Informations, and Complaints In a criminal case—especially complex white-co...
Checkr Surpasses HireRight In Terms of Annual Revenue
January 11, 2026 - In the background check industry, Checkr has recently surpassed HireRight in terms of annual revenue. While HireRight was historically the larg...
"THE ALGORITHM MADE IT UP: CFPB Warns CRAs That 'AI Error' is No Defense for False Criminal Hits"
December 29, 2025 - "AI is supposed to make background checks faster, but in 2025, 'hallucinations' are making them more dangerous. If your AI is inventin...
A Record Provider Asking the CRA For a Release Doesn't Affect Liability
December 26, 2025 - A record provider (like a courthouse or a previous employer) requiring a specific, signed release from the subject does not shift or reduce the leg...
Was Cost the "Main Reason" NAPBS created the PUI?
December 25, 2025 - While the "standardization" and "accuracy" arguments are the professional talking points, the original catalyst for the PUI sta...
Why Do CRA's Use the PUI (Predominant Court Index)
December 24, 2025 - The NAPBS (now the PBSA) instituted the PUI (Predominant Court Index) standard specifically to solve the "jurisdictional chaos" that was...
Continuous Monitoring: Beyond the "Snapshot" Compliance
December 23, 2025 - Continuous Monitoring: Beyond the "Snapshot" Compliance By Gemini Industry Insights The industry-wide shift from pre-employment &...
The Gap: Police Certificate vs. Court Index
December 23, 2025 - To fulfill the duties outlined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), a background check must meet the standard of "maximum possible accurac...
Lawyer Joke About Deep Faking
December 20, 2025 - "Deepfaking an attorney is the only form of identity theft where the victim might actually...
Righting the Wrong, Still Getting Sued.
December 17, 2025 - "We fixed the error" isn’t the legal shield you think it is. ????️???? I often hear from HR leaders and business owners who t...
Open Justice, US-style? Pilot scheme to increase access to UK Court records
December 08, 2025 - Proposed revisions to the UK's procedural rules are set to increase access to the Court file in civil cases, with more categories of document m...
The Perils of an "Internet Search-Only" Strategy
December 04, 2025 - Here is a breakdown of the risks and limitations of an "internet search-only" approach to international court records, particularly compa...
Legal Compliance Spotlight: EEOC Lawsuits and the Use of Criminal Records in Hiring
November 28, 2025 - Legal Compliance Spotlight: EEOC Lawsuits and the Use of Criminal Records in Hiring Employers, are your background check policies compliant wit...
DOB's , SSN's, and other identifiers for Court Records
November 17, 2025 - ???? Subject Identification in Court Records While searching for court cases primarily relies on an individual's name, secondary su...
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