Background Checks &
Other Workplace Privacy Resources

• Fact Sheets
   

• Speeches and Articles
   

• Employment Background Check Difficulties? Please Contact Us

Fact Sheets

• Fact Sheet 16: Employment Background Checks: A Jobseeker's Guide
   

• Fact Sheet 16(a): Employment Background Checks in California: New Focus on Accuracy
   

• Fact Sheet 16(b): Employment Background Checks: A Guide for Small Business Owners
   

• Fact Sheet 16: Employment Background Checks: A Jobseeker's Guide
   

• Fact Sheet 16(d):  Volunteer Background Checks: Giving Back Without Giving Up on Privacy
   

• Fact Sheet 7: Employee Monitoring: Is There Privacy in the Workplace?
   

• Fact Sheet 25: Online Job Seeker Web Sites: Tips to Safeguard Your Privacy
   

• Fact Sheet 25(a): Avoiding Online Job Scams: Critical Tips for Job Seekers

Speeches and Articles

• MySpace Isn't Your Space: Updating Federal Law to Address Employers' Use of Social Networking Sites for Hiring Decisions (Davis,16 Kan. J. L. & Pub. Pol'y 237, 2007) -- September 2007
  
  
• When Background Checks Go Too Far (Anonymous)-- June 2007

• An Increase in Employee Background Checks Strains an Already Weak Law (Flint) -- May 2007

• Alert: Your resume' may be overshadowed by your online persona: Tips for jobseekers -- July 2006

• PRC Comments to FTC on Accuracy in Background Checks and Insurance Reports -- May 2006

• The Tradeoff between Privacy and Openness in Employment Screening: Speech at the Conference of the National Association of Professional Background Screeners -- April 2006

• Groups Warn of Privacy Risks in Employment Screening: Comments to the DOJ -- August 2005
  
  
• Alert: The Work Number's Employment Database May Contain Inaccurate Information Reported by Employers -- July 2004
  
  
• Prevent Identity Theft with Responsible Information-Handling Practices in the Workplace -- March 2004
   
• Tips for Jobseekers Re-entering the Workplace Who Have Criminal Records -- September 2003
   
• My Experience with Internet Employment Site Careerbuilders.com -- March 2003
   
• Resume Data Base Nightmare: Job Seeker Privacy at Risk-- February, 2003
   
• Alert: Report Reveals Online Job Search Privacy Abuses -- February, 2003
   
• Big Brother and the Hiring Process -- June 2002
   
• Public Records on the Internet: The Privacy Dilemma -- April 2002
   
• Identity Theft: The Growing Problem of Wrongful Criminal Records -- June 2000