Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On November 4, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an advisory opinion to affirm that consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) that use “name-only matching” for records are not using “reasonable procedures to assure maximum possible accuracy” as required by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 5, 2021, House Bill 5368 was introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives and would require date of birth (DOB) to be included in publicly accessible personal identifying information (PII) on court records to ensure background check firms may continue to report criminal records to…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On July 15, 2021, the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA) and the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA) submitted an amicus letter to the California Supreme Court in response to the opinion in the case of All of Us or None of Us v. Hamrick that will prohibit…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn “Michigan plans to omit personal information from future court records, but the background checking industry says the change will make accurate screening nearly impossible,” according to an article posted on MLive.com that interviewed several background check experts, including screening industry veteran Dawn Standerwick. “Background checkers can’t report…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On June 30, 2021, the Michigan Supreme Court issued orders to delay the implementation of ADM File No. 2017-28 and ADM File No. 2020-26 that would redact the Date of Birth (DOB) in the criminal records of job applicants during background checks. The implementation date has been…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn “Hundreds of thousands of Michiganders who are looking for work could be facing new challenges in their job hunt” as Michigan courts will redact Dates of Birth (DOBs) when releasing records which will make background checks more difficult, according to a news report from WNEM.com CBS Channel…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA) – a non-profit trade organization representing firms performing background checks worldwide – has issued a call to action to its members regarding proposed amendments from the Michigan Supreme Court that will redact the Date of Birth (DOB) in court records. The…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn On October 16, 2016, a Florida woman filed a lawsuit against Lyft, Inc. and the company conducting background checks for the transportation network company (TNC) that claimed the companies violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) when “a mix-up in her background check cost her time…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The Executive Director of the Professional Background Screening Association (PBSA) – a non-profit trade group representing the background screening industry – stated in an opinion piece that the “accuracy and timeliness of any background check is dependent on access to personal identifiers like complete date of birth”…
Written By ESR News Blog Editor Thomas Ahearn The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) – a non-profit trade association representing the interests of background screening companies – and leading human resources (HR) social networking website HR.com have released the results of their third annual survey of “How Human Resources Professionals View and Use…
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