Privacy

Protecting Employees’ Personal Privacy

What happens to the personally identifiable information (PII) that I send to BackTrack on my applicants? Is it safe? Do my employees get added to mailing lists or is their data sold to other data brokers? Clients send us hundreds of pieces of PII daily, and BackTrack is committed to protecting the employee data that .. read more

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Data Protection / Privacy

BackTrack has strict data protection and privacy policies in place to help safeguard against compromising an applicant’s identity.  What procedures does your company have in place to protect the data that you receive from BackTrack? Our website requires users to change their passwords every 90 days and to create strong passwords.  Do your users store .. read more

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Security and Privacy of Data

What happens to the data that is sent to BackTrack when a background check is ordered?  How will I know the information that I send is not going to be sold to someone else?  How secure is the information I send? There are stories in the news about companies who lose data on their employees .. read more

State Data and Personally Identifiable Information Privacy Laws

State Data and Personally Identifiable Information Privacy Laws Many states have enacted and/or amended their laws designed to protect their citizens from identity theft.  The updates for 2008 include the following states: Connecticut Massachusetts Nevada New York For more information on these laws, click the state name or contact BackTrack at 800-991-9694. Did you like .. read more

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Protection of Personally Identifiable Information

The Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003 (FACT ACT) was created “to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act, to prevent identity theft, improve resolution of consumer disputes, improve the accuracy of consumer records, make improvements in the use of, and consumer access to, credit information, and for other purposes.” A large part of .. read more

Who is doing my employment screening?

With all of the stories today on identity theft and other issues concerning personally identifying information (PII), you need to know who is doing your employment screening and how they protect their data. At BackTrack, all of our staff works onsite in our offices, not out of their homes, which allows us greater control over .. read more

Privacy/Identity Theft Issues

With all of the stories in the news today concerning identity theft, we at BackTrack continue to remain vigilant to ensure your applicants’ privacy. We respect the privacy of your applicants and have many procedures in place to protect them from identity theft. Employees are prohibited from removing files or documents from our office, and .. read more

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