Information Enterprises, inc. CriminalBackgroundRecords.com site has been pioneering the criminal background check industry for almost a decade.  During that time the site has been constantly evolving to meet the requirements of its customers and the background retrieval industry.  If you are looking for a trusted partner to perform your background checks, you won’t be disappointed with CriminalBackgroundRecords.com. 

Below is a snapshot of what background checks and solutions the site is currently offering the marketplace.

• National Criminal Background Check
• 3-State Criminal Background Check
• Statewide Criminal Background Check
• County Criminal Background Check
• Social Security Verification & Address History Trace

*To qualified companies and organizations we also offer other products like Eviction Record Checks, Credentials Checks, and Professional Verifications including Education & Employment Verifications.

**All our Criminal Background Checks come with a free National Sex Offender Check, free America's Most Wanted Criminals List Search, and free International Terrorist Background Search.

Our current screening solutions are:

• Employment Screening - available to any business & organization based in the USA
• Tenant Screening – available to every landlord, leasing agent, realtor, property manager, apartment management company & owner in the USA
• Applicant Screening - available to any legitimate organization based in the USA

We also offer custom made background check solutions to the US Federal Government, All 50 US States, all 3,143 counties and every city, town, parish and local government in the USA.  Our government codes are as follows:

• CAGE/NCAGE CODE:  4EY40
• NAICS:  561611
• SIC:  7375

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Now Offering Central Billing for Multiple Accounts
Along with Administrative Usage Monitoring, Reporting & Control
For Large Companies and Organizations in the USA

Due to large demand of central control for criminal background checks, employment screening and tenant screening in the USA, CriminalBackgroundRecords.com has created a new environment now available for companies and organizations operating in multiple offices, areas and states.  These clients wanted multiple accounts/users, and central administrative usage monitoring and reporting.  This is now possible with CriminalBackgroundRecords.com and is becoming a much more popular background screening solution with large processing customers throughout America.

This is how it works and how we customize this solution for well qualified customers:

1.  Define how many individual user accounts need to be setup along with which background checks each of them are allowed to perform.
2. Each user account needs to fill out our Monthly Billing application form as each User ID needs to be registered (we walk each individual user through this process if need be).
3. We setup a Master Account that can monitor and view the transactional usage & other activity on all the individual user accounts from one view.
     • We will create the Master Account for you or whoever is going to be overseeing/monitoring your transactions including all criminal background checks.
4. We will send you a monthly invoice each month that includes all of the individual user accounts on it.  Very simple, just one bill each month for all activity.
5. If your goal is to start running background checks in such a system ASAP, we will have a business development representative work with you on setting up all your accounts and other necessary prep work.  Remember significant volume discounts are available so please ask about our pricing.
6. We can have all your user accounts, master account, billing etc., all setup within a few days!

This opportunity is extremely valuable to large corporations, organizations and government agencies that have or want individual user accounts across multiple offices or states.  This new platform gives your organization the flexibility of multiple user accounts and the security and oversight that comes with central control (through usage monitoring and all encompassing reports).  CriminalBackgroundRecords.com delivers this new platform complete with central invoicing, administrative access and only one bill to pay each month which includes a breakdown of all individual user account activity.

For more information regarding this new platform or to sign up for it, please contact our Business Development Team at:  bd@infoeinc.com or bd@CriminalBackgroundRecords.com
 

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How Criminal Background Checks and Verifying Your Applicants SSN

Fits into Your Tenant Screening Model

Tenant Screening and Resident Screening also known as Applicant Screening or Rental Screening is the process of discovering whether or not a potential renter meets an already established rental acceptance criteria.  This article seeks to explain that criminal background checks and social security number validations discover information about an applicant that could reveal data inconsistent with that provided on a rental application.  It will also bring to light the benefits of adding these additional screening components to your existing tenant screening processes, and how they can aid in keeping your community safe while at the same time preventing costly evictions, lawsuits and even property damage.

Why should I pay for Criminal Background Checks as part of my Tenant Screening process?

Performing a statewide criminal background check or national criminal background check used to take more than a day to complete, making it difficult for apartment unit leasing agents to make quick decisions on perspective tenants.  Now most applicants apply to many rental properties before moving in to one and do not have the patience or the liberty to wait more than a day to find out if they have been accepted. If you are one of those residential communities that never ran criminal checks because they took to long, it may now be time to re-consider.

These days property owners, apartment managers and landlords have the dual responsibility of running both a profitable operation and providing a safe environment for their residents to live in.  They understand that running a profitable apartment rental business and keeping their community safe are not conflicting initiatives. 

What is Considered Negligent Leasing in the Apartment Industry Today?

When a lease is signed prematurely it can result into negligent leasing.  To avoid the risks associated with premature leasing it is recommended that you complete a series of background checks including a criminal background check and social security number validation on your applicant(s) prior to signing a lease.  These background checks can reveal applicant fraud and past criminal convictions that are considered rejectionable offenses and can be filtered out prior to leasing.  Verifying the information disclosed on a rental application is the responsibility of the party leasing the apartment unit.  Conducting employment verifications internally or outsourcing them is also highly recommended prior to leasing.

Recidivism in the form of repeat offenders can be discovered by running a simple criminal background check prior to signing a lease.  You can reduce your exposure to real risks present when screening new tenants by running criminal background checks.  Properties trying to avoid theft, violence and property damage by previous offenders can accomplish this by running a criminal history check on applicants before accepting them and signing a lease. 

CriminalBackgroundRecords.com makes the criminal background checking process easy and does it by meeting the demands of realtors, landlords, property managers, property owners and apartment leasing agents in the USA.  Adding a criminal background check and social security number validation to your applicant screening model will benefit your overall goals of profitability and community safety.

CriminalBackgroundRecords.com provides criminal background checks and social security number validations in the form of professional informational reports.  We do this online for a reasonable fee, and provide exceptional service to all our clients.  We offer criminal background checks at the state, county, and national levels and grant generous discounts to qualified businesses and organizations throughout the United States of America. 

We only serve the American Marketplace.

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The staff at CriminalBackgroundRecords.com has heard from human resources managers, individuals and other corporate personnel throughout the United States regarding issues pertaining to employment screening practices.  What we have found is that there is a lot of confusion and uncertainty regarding the FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act) and what real life employment screening practices need to do to remain or become compliant. The top issues on this list include how to appropriately use public records like criminal background checks in the business world, how to protect yourself from applicant fraud, and how to ensure that your company has procedures compliant with applicable law relating to hiring, firing or promoting of employees primarily as defined in the FCRA.  This article addresses these concerns and demonstrates why using a background check provider like CriminalBackgroundRecords.com is a wise choice in today’s market place.  The availability and feasibility of quality criminal background checks, along with social security validation, gives employers the ability to effectively screen applicants within their desired timeframe demanded by the industry.

Today there is another tool available to employers in addition to criminal background checks.   This tool is the social security number & address history trace.  This important new component to a sound employment screening model is known as an SSN Trace, SSN Validation, or SSN Check.  This quick search can determine if the SSN being used by an applicant is in fact valid, and to ensure that this applicant is in truth who they claim to be.  Performing a criminal background check today in conjunction with an SSN Validation and address history trace is a wise choice. 

Commonly asked Employment Screening Questions:

• Do all employers need to have applicants or employees sign a release form before performing a background check?  YES, and must give disclosure (FCRA - 1681B).
• If an applicant/employee requests to review a copy of their criminal background record, does the employer need to show or provide a copy of the criminal record to the applicant?  NO, under federal law you are not required too, unless there is an adverse action.  However, state laws vary; for instance Massachusetts Law gives all employees full access to their files at their place of employment.
• If an employer takes adverse action on an applicant or employee because of a criminal background check, does the employer need to give notice stating that a criminal background check has adversely affected them? YES, employers must notify the applicant.
• Are employers required to keep criminal background checks on file?  Currently this is up to the judgment of the employer.
• Knowing that a county criminal search is the most trusted criminal history check available in the USA today, why do employers run instant state or instant national criminal background checks first and not county checks?  Coverage - They want a larger area covered to enhance their chances of finding a record if in fact one exists.  Speed - A county search can take days to complete and in order to not create a bottleneck in employment screening processes, the faster searches are preferred.  NOTE:  The quality of instant criminal searches has dramatically improved over the years.  Statewide instant criminal background checks & the National instant criminal background check if accessed through a provider like CriminalBackgroundRecords.com are now very reliable.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) & Background Checks (Public Records) for Employment Purposes
(Sections 604, 606, & 615 of the FCRA explain the responsibilities of using consumer reports for employment purposes.)

CriminalBackgroundRecords.com adheres to part 2 of section 613 of the FCRA
CriminalBackgroundRecords.com (a site owned and operated by Information Enterprises Inc.) has customers that use its criminal background checks for employment purposes.  For such customers the site maintains strict procedures to ensure that whenever a criminal history record is found in conjunction with legitimate employment purposes, that it is confirmed through a county background check to ensure that the record in question is in fact current and accurate.  These policies are in place so that employers can be confident that the criminal information they are receiving is both complete and current.

The FCRA is designed primarily to protect the privacy of consumer report information and to guarantee that the information supplied by consumer reporting agencies is as accurate as possible. Amendments to the FCRA — which went into effect September 30, 1997 — significantly increase the legal obligations of employers who use consumer reports. Congress expanded employer responsibilities because of concern that inaccurate or incomplete consumer reports could cause applicants to be denied jobs or cause employees to be denied promotions unjustly. The amendments ensure (1) that individuals are aware that consumer reports may be used for employment purposes and agree to such use, and (2) that individuals are notified promptly if information in a consumer report may result in a negative employment decision.   Federal Trade Commission – Details and URL found at the bottom of this document

Most of today’s employers perform criminal background checks on their applicants.  They also pull other consumer reports as part of their pre-employment screening processes.  And some employers even perform background checks on current employees (usually for reassignment, promotion or retention purposes).  Not all employers are the same, for instance; one employer may only want a reference check while others may want to see driving records and criminal history reports.  For security jobs or high level positions usually an investigative consumer report will be ordered.  This report differs from the others in one key aspect; it includes interviews with the applicant’s friends, neighbors, and associates which addresses the very character of the person.  An investigative consumer report has separate legal issues concerning it.  These investigative reports have stricter compliance issues than regular consumer reports like credit checks or criminal history checks and therefore have specific guidelines associated with them that are spelled out in the FCRA (You can read them in Section 606 - Disclosure of investigative consumer reports).

CriminalBackgroundRecords.com actively incorporates compliance issues into its product offering, and constantly is enhancing the quality of its background reports.  A sound screening policy that we would recommend to employers is to run a social security validation check along with a statewide or national criminal check first and then if a record is found (that would adversely effect the applicant) to then run a county search where the record was found in.  This ensures you are getting the most accurate and complete record available before making any employment related decisions based in part or in whole by the public record information we provided.

Bundled Employment Screening Background Check Packages are now available from CriminalBackgroundRecords.com and include combinations of varying criminal background checks and a social security validation & address history trace.  Each option includes a free National Sex Offender Check, Terrorist Database Search & USA Most Wanted List Search.  Please visit us online at:  www.CriminalBackgroundRecords.com where you can become a member for free and start accessing quality criminal background checks today, over the Internet in minutes!

If you are interested in reading more about employment screening background checks practices and the use of consumer reports; we recommend that you, employers, and human resource professionals throughout the United States read the following article from the Federal Trade Commission under “Facts for Businesses” titled:  “Using Consumer Reports:  What Employers Need to Know” found at the following URL:  www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/business/credit/bus08.shtm

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CriminalBackgroundRecords.com has been conducting criminal background checks over the Internet for over 7 years and has never had a breach in its security safeguards.  Not only is our transactional information encrypted and kept confidential, we also implement third party solutions to further enhance our overall security efforts. 

We also have in place the following Security Safeguards:

• We have been a long time user of Scan Alert’s Hacker Safe product; (recently changed to McAfee SECURE). This product helps us protect our customers from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams.  Our site is tested and certified every day to make sure we pass the rigorous McAfee Secure Security Scan.  You will notice the active McAfee Secure logo on our homepage along with today’s date, this shows that the site has passed all security tests as of today.

• We encrypt the information captured and transferred over the Internet on our site.  We have a GeoTrust Secure Site Seal on our site indicating that the information you send to this site is secured using SSL encryption — the industry standard method for safely transferring information over the Internet.

• Firewalls (both software & hardware).  Sensitive data like our customers personally identifiable information is kept secure and confidential and only released for billing and other functions necessary for fulfilling your background check search request.

• Trust.  We are an Accredited Business with the Better Business Bureau (BBB). We have been a member since 2002.  Currently our BBB Rating is A+ (the highest possible ranking).

• Internal Procedures.  Limitations on personnel password access to our servers, databases and other critical systems are strictly enforced.

CriminalBackgroundRecords.com is serious when it comes to securing and protecting the data sent to and from its website.  CriminalBackgroundRecords.com feels the best way to protect its customer’s online identity is by protecting the information they enter on the site including their personally identifiable information. Due to the sensitive nature of the information captured and sent on CriminalBackgroundRecords.com, all transactions are stored in non-publicly accessible areas and are transmitted in encrypted form.

We employ these and other security safeguards to help protect all personally identifiable information our users provide to us from loss, misuse, and/or unauthorized alteration. As a transactional website we handle the facilitation of Credit Card, PayPal, and Google Checkout orders and do so with current SSL Encryption technology.  Whenever we ask you to transmit sensitive information, such as a credit card number, your address etc., that information is encrypted and not decipherable until it reaches its final destination.

For more on CriminalBackgroundRecords.com Security Features visit the sites Security Page at:  www.CriminalBackgroundRecords.com/security.html

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Proving Citizenship and Immigration Status
Criminal Background Checks & Social Security Verifications
And a peek into the US Citizenship & Immigration Services

On March 1, 2003, service and benefit functions of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) transitioned into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS).  The USCIS which can be found online at:  http://www.uscis.gov/ outlines their E-Verify system which is free to employers and lets them know the employment eligibility of new applicants/employees. However, it appears that they do not allow you to use the system until after you hire the applicant.  If you have questions about E-Verify then you can reach them in Washington DC at: 202-272-8720 (E-Verify is part of the SAVE Program).  The E-Verify search tells you if someone is eligible to work in the US by giving their current immigration status.  This check should be used by employers as a tool to sift out ineligible employment prospects.  CriminalBackgroundRecords.com and its parent company Information Enterprises, Inc. like this program because it is an extra tool for employers that helps to eliminate social security number mismatches, improves the accuracy of wage and tax reporting, protects jobs for authorized U.S. workers, and helps U.S. employers maintain a legal workforce. 

Currently CriminalBackgroundRecords.com offers an SSN Validation & Address History Trace product that is separate from our criminal background checks.  Although this search will not tell you if an individual is legally authorized to work in the USA or what their current status is with the Immigration Office (USCIS), it is still very valuable.  This check can be performed very quickly and will verify when the social security number was issued, where it was issued, to whom it was issued to and will show names and addresses associated with it.  This SSN Search is now commonly used in conjunction with either a statewide criminal background check or national background check.  Our criminal background checks do sometimes return social security numbers within the records themselves for validation.  However, this does not happen every time as criminal court records have historically been archived by date of birth and not social security numbers.  Still, neither our national criminal background check nor SSN Search will tell you if someone is a US Citizen or what their current Immigration Status is.  Having a social security number does not prove that you are a US Citizen, nor does it act as a singular qualifier proving your eligibility to work in the USA.  You would have to contact the USCIS (formerly the INS) directly for confirmation.  The only other option available is to physically get a copy of the individual's birth certificate or certificate of naturalization showing that either by birth or legal process this person has become a US Citizen. 

CriminalBackgroundRecords.com offers the following FREE searches with all its criminal background checks:
We include a Most Wanted Background Check with each Criminal Search.  This pulls information from the following sources:  Top Ten FBI Most Wanted, FBI Most Wanted Fugitives, US Marshals Most Wanted, US Secret Service Most Wanted, Americas Most Wanted and other state departments of public safety.

We also include a Full Terrorist Background Check with each criminal background search.  We check the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the U.S. Department of the Treasury with every criminal search.

In addition to the two free searches above, we also include a National Sex Offender Registry Check (including all 50 states) with each background search.  Each state in the nation has a sex offender registry which maintains a database of sex offenders.  The information stored varies from state to state, but in general most state sex offender background reports include high-risk offenders and persons who have been convicted of, found guilty of or plead guilty to committing or attempting to commit sexual offenses.  Many of these records include mug shots & photos when a match is found.

Here is a more detailed breakdown of what is covered in our Sex Offender Search

High-Risk Sex Offenders - Individuals with real recidivism concerns from all 50 US States.

Sexual Predators - Sexually violent offenders & persons obtaining or seeking non-consensual sexual contact with another person and/or has committed sex crimes, such as rape or child sexual abuse.

Department of Corrections - Convicted sex offenders who were under the supervision of the DOC.

Crimes Against Children - Kidnapping, felonious restraint and/or child abuse, including people convicted of, found guilty of or plead guilty to committing or attempting to commit sexual offenses and other crimes against children.

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PayPal vs. Credit Cards

More and more online buyers are using PayPal as an alternate form of payment for their online orders.  Why?  We have gathered that with rampant use of credit card fraud, online buyers wanted a safer and easier way to order online without exposing their credit card numbers, and of course to save some money by avoiding credit card fees.

What is PayPal?

PayPal lets you easily send money through the internet without compromising the privacy of your credit card information.  CriminalBackgroundRecords.com added PayPal as a new form of payment for its criminal background reports and other background searches it offers because of the demand of millions of online buyers choosing PayPal instead of the standard credit cards when ordering online.  We understand why Internet purchasers are choosing PayPal over alternate forms of payment, mostly credit cards, and that is because PayPal is safer, easier and currently has no additional fees applied to the use of it.  Why is PayPal safer than using standard credit cards?  PayPal is safer because you can still pay with your credit card, bank account or PayPal balance without exposing your account numbers to the merchant (website that you are buying something from).  Easier because through the checkout process you do not need to enter your financial information over the merchant's website as PayPal already has your financial information on their end and therefore does not require you to re-enter it.  This simple method actually reduces the overall ordering time as you only need to enter your PayPal email address and password, two inputs of usually memorized information.

Paying online with PayPal at CriminalBackgroundRecords.com gives you all the following benefits:

• Speedy ordering all through the criminal search checkout process.
• Safe online ordering of criminal background checks without revealing or exposing your credit card details.
• You get to choose if you want PayPal to debit your credit card, bank account or to pull money directly from your current PayPal balance.

CriminalBackgroundRecords.com delivers formatted, substantive background reports from county level criminal background checks to geographically comprehensive national criminal searches throughout the USA.  We offer criminal background checks in every state in the nation, and now with PayPal as a new payment ordering mechanism on the site; we are making it possible for our current members who prefer to use PayPal as a form of payment to do so.  We have also added PayPal as a form of payment for our criminal history reports in order to allow new users (who may only exclusively use PayPal when ordering online) to have the opportunity to purchase the best criminal background record reports available on the Internet today, with the payment method they trust the most.

CriminalBackgroundRecords.com hopes this article helps its browsers and users become more educated in the varying online payment methods available today, and more informed as to what exactly to expect when using PayPal to purchase criminal background reports from our site.