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• The Case Against AI Doing Criminal Record Searches.

  February 07, 2020 - Cases can slip by. It will take a genius programmer to catch nuances in criminal record identifications.   Not only are there applicants who fudge on their DOB, SSN, etc. (maybe a little ommision or (typo!).   Maybe your client or CRA erred in the DOB data entry - twisted numbers around, added a digit, entered wrong data,   Example: Phyllis at Straightline saves the day. A recent Canada search was entered by the CRA and sent out to Straightline - but when doing the search Phyllis caught a similarity and a seemingly insignificant looking difference. A CPIC (RCMP) search surely didn't notice the similarity. The CRA didn't know the mistake.  But Phyllis did. She pulled the record. &nbs...

• AI Can't Do This

  February 04, 2020 - What AI and automated court record checks can't do.   No one in the screening industry has yet to solve how to find this: &nbs...

• Why Are You Paying More for Criminal Records

  February 03, 2020 - Why The Lower Prices?     I ask myself, "Why the lower prices? What gives? Am I giving up quality for a cheaper price?"...

• Bangkok Lower Prices by Straightline International

  February 02, 2020 - Bangkok Lower Prices by Straightline International Bangkok Provincial (District) Court Bangkok 45.99 Bangkok South 45.99 Thon Buri 4...

• Like They Know What They're Doing!

  January 13, 2020 - With background checks becoming an increasingly popular service, there is a growing need for professional websites that can provide quick and easy...

• Is Renting A Virtual Office Duping The Customers?

  December 05, 2019 - Recently it was found that a Canadian based company that advertised a businees address in the USA but it was an address for a virtual office. The W...

• Are Hiring Algorithims Fair?

  December 04, 2019 - Time is money and, unfortunately for companies, hiring new employees takes significant time -- more than a month on average, research shows. &n...

• Les Rosen's Corner

  December 03, 2019 - Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 18, 2019, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) &nda...

• Senator Says Checkr Background Checks Not Good Enough

  December 02, 2019 - Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said that Uber and Lyft provided “ambiguous” answers to his recent inquiries about safety measures in...

• What Is Appriss Up To?

  November 18, 2019 - The True Motivation Behind the Opioid Crisis-Profit off PDMPs and Profiling, Private Data Theft Part II of Profiling & Data Theft — O...

• California Police Access Background Check Database For Personal Use

  November 15, 2019 - On June 5, 2013, San Francisco police Sgt. John Haggett was working the 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. shift in a third-floor office at the city’s Hall of...

• Continuous Screening of Employees by Les Rosen

  September 26, 2019 - Les Rosen’s Corner A monthly column By Lester Rosen,  Attorney at Law   Continuous Screening of Employees  ...

• 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...

• 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...