How to perform a criminal reference check

criminal reference check. The truth is, quite a number of businesses don’t do this, and many of them have found that this is something they came to regret down the road. There are a plethora of different roles that require this type of background check, while others may not deem it necessary. Different state laws…

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New data breach reporting requirement takes hold in EU

That just changed in the 28 member-European Union (EU). As of Sunday, telecommunications and internet service providers in the EU have 24 hours from the moment of discovery to report a data breach to authorities. There are no stringent rules like that in place in the United States, where alerting requirements are promulgated through a…

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UK police failing to perform background checks

report came out of the UK this week that claimed UK police were failing to perform simple background checks, which was allowing foreign rapists to “slip through the net”. In many cases, officers failed even to ask about previous convictions because they thought the process was too difficult. It seems a strange and shocking revelation…

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NC residents having criminal records expunged

erased more than in any other state – likely due to the difficult job market. Employers are receiving such a high frequency of applications for vacant positions that any blemish in your background provides them with good reason to turn you down. “When jobs are scarce and firms are flooded with applications, they are looking…

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Errors in background checks: how to avoid them

While not a common occurrence, it is certainly not unheard of for errors in the background checks process to result in unfair consequences for innocent individuals. There was the recent case of mistaken identity, where John Shelby is filing a lawsuit for being mistaken for a criminal who used the same alias and therefore losing…

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