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• CRA's Responsibilities to Record Retrievers (Furnishers) in a Disputed Record Case

  August 08, 2025 - The CRA has a clear legal responsibility under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to provide the data furnisher with all relevant information regarding the dispute. They cannot simply ask for a blind re-check. This is a critical step in the process, mandated by Section 611 of the FCRA. Here are the specifics: What the CRA Must Provide Within five business days of receiving a dispute from a consumer, the CRA must provide notice to the data furnisher who supplied the information. This notice must include "all relevant information regarding the dispute" that the CRA received from the consumer. In practice, this means the furnisher must be told: Who the consumer is. What specific informa...

• Interview: Navigating the Compliance Maze in Pre-Employment Screening

  July 28, 2025 - Interview: Navigating the Compliance Maze in Pre-Employment Screening Interviewer: Good morning, and welcome! Today, we're diving into a fa...

• Steven Brownstein Speaks About Accessing Court Records

  July 24, 2025 - My Journeys through worldwide court systems reveal universal truths about accessing legal information: Beyond the Statute Books: Offic...

• Navigating the Global Courthouse: Navigating Court Record Access in the USA

  July 23, 2025 - 1. History -  Navigating Court Record Access in the USA Introduction: The pursuit of court records—whether for legal research, inves...

• Understanding Sanctions Screening

  July 21, 2025 - Ensuring Security and Integrity in a Complex World   What is Sanctions Screening? Sanctions Lists Defined: Sanctions lists contain...

• What's Better . A PR Police Clearance or a Court Check

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  AI for Identity Verification

  July 06, 2025 - AI for Identity Verification   How It’s Used:   -Biometric Matching: AI compares selfies or video with government-i...

• Sophisticated Fraud Risks Present Significant Challenges For Banks and Financial Institutions

  June 26, 2025 - The emergence of sophisticated fraud risks like Fraud-as-a-Service (CaaS) and synthetic identity fraud presents significant challenges for banks an...

• Blockchain Employment Verifications Still Faces An Uphill Battle

  June 24, 2025 - Blockchain technology is making significant strides in employment verification, moving beyond a theoretical concept to practical applications that...

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  THE WORLD'S FIRST LAWSUIT IN THE 1990'S AGAINST AN OHIO SEARCH FIRM, OPEN ONLINE, YEP, THAT'S WHEN I

  June 23, 2025 - The lawsuit involving an Ohio search company named OPEN (Online Professional Electronic Network...

• The Transparency Gap: A Challenge for Court Data Providers in the Screening Industry

  June 23, 2025 - The Transparency Gap: A Challenge for Court Data Providers in the Screening Industry Court data providers play a critical role in the backgroun...

• The Critical Importance of Dual-Tier Court Record Checks in Pre-Employment Screening

  June 21, 2025 - In today's competitive and regulated hiring landscape, comprehensive pre-employment background screening is not merely a best practice; it is a...

• Vendor Transparency in the Background Screening Industry: A One-Way Expectation

  June 20, 2025 - Vendor Transparency in the Background Screening Industry: A One-Way Expectation In the pre-employment screening industry, background screening...

• New South Wales (Australia) Online Court Registry Hacked

  June 16, 2025 - Investigations are underway into a "major data breach" of the New South Wales Online Registry after 9,000 sensitive court files, includin...

• Alberta More Than Doubles Court Search Fees

  June 15, 2025 - Alberta More Than Doubles Court Search Fees   The Alberta government has hiked a raft of court fees — including more than doubli...

• How Banks and FIs Prepare For Emerging Fraud Risks

  June 13, 2025 - The emergence of sophisticated fraud risks like Fraud-as-a-Service (CaaS) and synthetic identity fraud presents significant challenges for banks an...

• Why CRAs in Pre-employment Background Screening Tell Their Wholesalers That We Don't Pay You For you

  June 02, 2025 - Why CRAs in Pre-employment Background Screening Tell Their Wholesalers That We Don't Pay You For your Clears. We pay You For Your Hits. &nb...

• Background Scrrening Wholesaler's Say, "It's Not the Hits, It's the Volume"

  June 02, 2025 - Wholesaler’s Say “It’s Not the Hits , It’s the Volume” The wholesaler's problem is if their quantity of reque...