Volunter Verification

[bdaroz]

Originally Posted by techhelpbb

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If FIRST gets my credit report I demand (this is not a joke to me) to know how it is being used, protected and what the ramifications are.
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If I recall correctly when I did mine, FIRST doesn't get anything but the results clear or not (and if not I don't think they get that until you've had a chance to object - but not sure on that one).

I can't imagine it to be a smart decision for FIRST to use a vendor that sends full background checks and credit reports on every volunteer to FIRST. They just don't need it.

I recall reading recently an article (will edit if I can find it) about a person with a common name (John Smith or similar) getting denied a job because a background check failed. He submitted his full (w/ middle) name to the employer, but the employer didn't pass along the middle name. The company doing the check (I think it was one of the big 3 credit reporting companies as well) never matched enough data to verify the felon, who had a different middle name, wasn't this guy. The takeaway was that using SSN/credit report to help verify name and prior addresses / timeline helps to match records (or not match records) properly.