The always interesting Virtual Chase as a great link to an article appearing in the July Issue of Optimize Magazine. The article, entitled The Background Check Challenge, which describes the difficulties inherent in conducting background investigations with an international focus. VC, in the same post, links over to an article (written by VC grand vitara Genie Tyburski) appearing at LawOfficeComputing.com that purports to offer The Truth Behind Standard Criminal Checks, highlighting the reality behind the services provided by high-volume, database-oriented pre-employment screening firms.

The article highlights many of the same shortcoming and regulatory restrictions that The Daily Caveat describes to clients requesting these services. Caveat Research always recommends a local court search to accompany any database work conduct on a client's behalf. Not only are there usage restrictions on certain data collections relative to their use in pre-employment screening (as described at length in the article), but many times database coverage in a given area is markedly poor, necesitating a local search to ensure accurate results.

-- MDT

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