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Open the Pod Bay Doors: Navigating the Intersection of Public Records and Generative AI
January 13, 2025 - by Sarah Doar Over the last few years, several major software companies introduced their generative artificial intelligence (AI) programs such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Bard. These programs represent the potential for significant upheaval in the world of content creation, policy analysis, and decision-making. We covered some issues in the blog Use of Generative AI by Local Governments. As the dust settles, we are seeing that this potential, however, comes with certain drawbacks that have unique implications for agencies subject to the Public Records Act (PRA), Chapter 42.56 RCW. What Is Generative AI? As defined by Dictionary.com, generative AI is artificial intelligence that i...
Differences in pre-employment screening practices globally.
January 12, 2025 - The Background Investigator has been asked: "I'm curious about the differences in pre-employment screening practices globally. "I...
Hack that Exposed Data of 2.9 Billion People Basis for Lawsuit
December 23, 2024 - National Public Data Sued for Hack that Exposed Data of 2.9 Billion People by&nbs...
AI and Police Reports Slammed
December 18, 2024 - ACLU Slams AI Police Reports, and Axon in Particular Axon, best known for its Tasers, is trying to sell its relatively new Draft One...
Why Would India Records researches Offer This Search To USA CRA's?
December 09, 2024 - The "PGR Rewards Program" (Procuraduría General de la República) was an initiative of the Mexican government to offer rewar...
CIVIL LAWSUIT TERMS #1
December 05, 2024 - In this set of articles we begin with the "what is in a civil search - for pre-employment screeners In civil cases, the t...
Editorial - Flaws in Using Maps to Choose Court Locations by Steven Brownstein
December 02, 2024 - When determining the correct judicial authority for a particular location, it's essential that we rely on detailed and authoritative research s...
Unusual Court Case Dispositions from Around the Globe
October 24, 2024 - In Alberta, "Cleared of Proceedings" in the context of a criminal case disposition typically means that the legal process or prosecution...
1st African Background Screening Conference: A Visionary Gathering of Professionals
October 21, 2024 - The 1st African Background Screening event is a groundbreaking gathering of professionals, industry leaders, and innovators who are co...
Can Google Search Strings Ease Adverse Media Screening
September 05, 2024 - Adverse media is becoming increasingly important to compliance processes. With so much to check, Sigma Ratings has posed the question of&...
False Positives in Background Screening Criminal Records Searches
August 28, 2024 - A false positive in a criminal record background check occurs when the check incorrectly identifies someone as having a criminal record when...
Things a CRA Must Look Out For
August 17, 2024 - Stories continue from lawsuits, in particular about background screening companies generating criminal background check reports from data that ofte...
A Background Search Story You Need To Read
August 12, 2024 - This is a story, especially for the newcomer, hard to imagine, but in the beginning.... It was the Monday before Thanksgiving, 1996. I was visiting...
EXCLUSIVE : Fincen Downloadable Experience
August 04, 2024 - Download FinCEN Files Transaction Data To extract as much information as possible from the files, dozens of reporters collaborated to manually...
TUTORIAL - Classifications of Canada's Criminal Offenses
July 28, 2024 - In Canada, criminal offenses are categorized into three main types: summary offenses, indictable offenses, and hybrid offenses. Here's an overv...
The Background Investigator Goes To Moscow
July 15, 2024 - In a continuing series, The Background Investigator, sends its attorneys to various countries around the world to explore the justice systems...
INDIA - Kerala High Court protects the right to access court records
July 07, 2024 - A series of petitions before the Kerala HC sought the removal of court orders from the Indian Kanoon website by claiming the ‘right to be for...
What does a Stayed Disposition mean in Ontario, Canada Courts?
June 11, 2024 - stayed Charges are “stayed” when a judge or a Crown decides that it would be bad for the justice system for the case to continue....
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