Background Checks
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Americans are in the process of creating the infrastructure for a frenzy of background checks. While such checks can be an appropriate tool in some circumstances, too often they are used to inappropriately blacklist individuals who are thereby prevented from recovering from mistakes in their past. Background checks often contain erroneous information that results in unfair treatment and are used without giving individuals the right to challenge or explain their contents.
Americans are in the process of creating the infrastructure for a frenzy of background checks. While such checks can be an appropriate tool in some circumstances, too often they are used to inappropriately blacklist individuals who are thereby prevented from recovering from mistakes in their past. Background checks often contain erroneous information that results in unfair treatment and are used without giving individuals the right to challenge or explain their contents.