Tag: disclosure authorization form

Our last article discussed Permissible Purpose. This one addresses your Disclosure and Authorization. Now don’t yawn and stop reading just yet. 100% of you reading this have certified to us that you will provide disclosure and obtain authorization before ordering information from us. That’s not the issue and the reason many companies have paid millions […]

At the risk of being a broken record (for you youngsters, records preceded online music and CDs and when they got a scratch might play the same thing over and over again) we want to address the disclosure and authorization issue. As you know, this is perhaps the most litigious area in the use of […]

In the last article we discussed the disclosure to the applicant. You must disclose to your applicant that you are going to obtain their consumer report and that you will use this information as a factor in deciding whether you will employ them. You can’t, however, stop there. You must obtain written authorization prior to […]

We’d like to take a moment to reiterate something you shouldn’t do when screening applicants. Don’t encumber your disclosure document with extraneous information. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has written in their guidance for employers: Tell the applicant or employee that you might use information in their consumer report for decisions related to their employment. […]

In today’s economy, many employers and landlords will struggle through stacks of applications to find the perfect applicant. Narrowing down dozens of applicants to find the most qualified applicant for an available position or a reliable potential resident for an available property can become incredibly demanding.  Luckily, our technology is rushing to keep up with […]