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Interesting information on how background checks affect society, job seekers, and public safety.
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Consumers Warned about Identity Theft during Black Friday, Cyber Monday & Holiday Season
While “Black Friday” – the day after Thanksgiving – is known as the beginning of the holiday shopping season when retailers go from “red” (posting a loss) to “black” (turning a profit), online shoppers...
Sarah Palin Book Claims McCain Campaign Wanted $50,000 for Background Check
How much would you spend for a background check? How much should you spend? In certain cases – such as being a Vice-Presidential candidate potentially “a heartbeat away from being President” – the cost would, and should, be h...
CNN Report Shows Private Information Can Be Very Public Online
An eye-opening video report by CNN Homeland Security Correspondent Jeanne Meserve (watch here) shows just how public our supposedly private information can be online. The CNN report cites two examples – one somewhat embarrassing and the oth...
Personal Information of Jobseekers Targeted for Identity Theft
For most jobseekers currently looking for work, the more exposure they get through resumes, applications, and networking – both online and off – the better their chances are of finding work. Unfortunately, according to an article in t...
Jobseekers Rush to Clear Criminal Pasts for Background Checks in Bad Job Market
An article in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) – “More Job Seekers Scramble To Erase Their Criminal Past” – reveals that many jobseekers looking for work in a tight job market are rushing to legally clear criminal records&n...
“Overzealous” Yankees Fans Throw Personal Data Instead of Confetti during Victory Parade
A report from ESPN.com reveals that while the New York Yankees were celebrating their record 27th World Series with a victory parade, some "overzealous" fans apparently got carried away and tossed unshreded documents containing sensitive p...


This is very informative and how many small businesses and individual take foreganted the need to do a background check on the people they interact with daily, forgetting that crimanals will always repeat their crimes and for crime to take place there must be a contact. sadly, too it is until crime is committed before the law enforcement agency will come in to investigate. Hence the importances of running a background check becomes imperative.
Posted: June 17th, 2009 | Report This Comment