Big News for Background Screening: New Appellate Ruling Says FCRA Permits Reporting Unmatched Criminal Records | Troutman Pepper
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Addressing a recurring issue bedeviling the background screening industry, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit confirmed on December 4 that it is not inaccurate for a consumer reporting agency (CRA) to report a criminal or sex-offender record without matching the record to a subject consumer, so long as the CRA notifies the user that the record needs further investigation before being attributed to an individual. This seemingly technical ruling under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) goes to the heart of criminal b...
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