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• How Data Screening.com Began

  February 26, 2021 - Over 35 years ago Karen Jacobsen, the founder of DataScreening started Credit Resources, Inc., CRI, a credit reporting agency, after leaving a well-known national credit reporting agency. Understanding the true needs of the credit industry, she took advantage of the modern technology at the time and was the first credit reporting agency in the New York Metropolitan area to automate the process. CRI was able to provide companies their credit information in hours, as opposed to days. With her insight and leadership the business quadrupled in 6 months, grew to over 40 employees and expanded to all over the country. CRI had a large footprint in the banking industry, so when the banks were required by the FDIC to start doin...

• JURISDICTION OF THE SERBIA COURTS

  February 20, 2021 - JURISDICTION OF THE BASIC COURTS In the first instance, a basic court adjudicates in criminal offenses for which the main penalty is a fine or impr...

• Les Rosen Gives Advice to Congress and the FCRA

  February 03, 2021 - FCRA lawsuits will continue to serve as legal compliance signposts for employers conducting background checks on job applicants, according to l...

• Accuracy of Criminal Records Used for Background Checks Will Become New Area of Litigation

  January 23, 2021 - The accuracy of job applicant criminal records used by employers and consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) to conduct background checks will become a...

• Owens Online Upgrades Their Website

  January 21, 2021 - Owens Online Upgrades Their Website   New Features and Benefits:   --Mobile-friendly. Our new responsive design allows yo...

• Lawsuit raises concerns about limited access to Travis County, Texas court records amid pandemic

  January 19, 2021 - A lawsuit filed against Travis County's manager of court records argues that her office is violating the First Amendment by not offering the me...

• DBS Check Delays - Why?

  September 12, 2020 - Here are some of the most common causes for delays in the DBS process:   Paper application forms. One decision that will impact how lo...

• Why Civil Searches Are delayed

  September 03, 2020 - Civil searches are usually slower than criminal for many reasons.   The main reason is that you don't  get the result at the...

• Selling Terroist List namechecks Can Get You In Trouble

  August 30, 2020 - On August 24, 2020, a Pennsylvania man filed a class action lawsuit in federal court claiming TransUnion violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FC...

• The Purgatory of Digital Punishment

  July 06, 2020 - By SARAH ESTHER LAGESON   It doesn’t matter whether they’re accurate—criminal records are all over the internet, whe...

• APPRISS Stuck in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act Lawsuit

  May 17, 2020 - For those wondering where the limit on Telephone Consumer Protection Act wrong number cases might be, keep looking.   A state vendor i...

• Due Diligence and Background Checks in the Age of Coronavirus

  May 13, 2020 - What is an Employer to do? Eight Frequently Discussed Issues byLester Rosen   Even with the Coronavirus and the near-total shutdow...

• My Experience Before A Data Privacy Commission

  May 12, 2020 - My experience -  I've been called in front of the Office for Personal Data Protection – Macao SAR Government, including their legal...

• Steven Brownstein Is The Expert At Calling The Courts

  April 12, 2020 - Back in the 80's and 90's we had to call the courts.  In the "old days" we didn't have internet or online access.&nb...

• Coronavirus Domino-Effect On Background Check Services

  March 15, 2020 - We can't run from it. We can't hide from it.    Government services are being affected - one of them being our access to...

• Why Was A 22GB database Containing 56 million US folks' Personal Details Sitting On The Open Interne

  March 11, 2020 -     A database containing the personal details of 56.25m US residents – from names and home addresses to phone numbers and...

• India to Have World’s Largest Auto Facial Recognition System iI 2021

  March 10, 2020 - The Central government has announced that it has given its approval for the implementation of the Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS). This...

• Analysis: Errors In Illinois Criminal History Data Can Undermine Background Checks

  March 09, 2020 - A crack in the system   Megan Berkel had a clean record and had been listed as work eligible in the Health Care Worker Registry for si...