Tag: Federal Trade Commission

Background Checks: What Records Must You Keep?

By Jennifer Carsen Mar 5, 2012 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

If you obtain, or have prepared for you, criminal background checks, consumer reports, or investigative consumer reports from a consumer reporting agency, you must comply with the various requirements of the federal Fair Credit Report Act (FCRA).

Privacy: Identity Theft on the Rise; How You Can Prevent It in Your Workplace

By Jennifer Carsen Mar 1, 2003 HR Management & Compliance

Updated: May 19, 2015

Last year, a computer hacker broke into the Rancho Cordova-based Stephen P. Teale Data Center, a California personnel database. The hacker gained access to the names, Social Security numbers, and payroll information of over 200,000 state government employees. Unfortunately, this wasn’t an isolated occurrence—identity theft incidents are making the headlines almost daily.