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submitted 4 months ago by Jobseekers@discuss.online to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Do background checks to verify potential employees rely on profiles data brokers have compiled on them? Or do background checks rely on more direct means?

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[-] BottleOfAlkahest@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

The background companies we go through here in the US aren't "random people" and you sign a release of that information for them when they start that background check. So you've given them permission to access that info on you. I don't know what HRs your dealing with but if it's random hiring managers asking you then they have no idea what's in a typical background check anyway.

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