Fix Background Check Errors - Pennsylvania Consumer Attorney

Fix Background Check Errors?

You have a legal right to fix background check errors. A wrong background check can cause you to be denied a job, housing, licenses, clearances, and can cause other harm. If you are a victim of an inaccurate background check, you should file a dispute. If that doesn’t work, you have the right to file a lawsuit to correct wrong information.

If you’re dealing with inaccurate information in a background check, call us for help. We help dispute wrong background checks and sue if background check errors are not corrected. To get a free case review from our background check attorney, call us or fill out our free case review form.

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Can background checks be inaccurate?

In 2020, the CFPB received over 191,000 complaints about inaccurate consumer reports.

Background checks often contain wrong inaccurate, or incorrect information. False background checks can keep you from getting a job, housing, licenses, or clearances, and may cause many other types of harm.

Background check errors often are caused because wrong or old information is included in your background check. Sometimes, false information is included because someone else’s information is placed in your credit report.

Here are some of the more common background check errors:

False Criminal History
Wrong Educational History
Inaccurate Rental History
False Driving Records
Inaccurate Credit Information
Wrong Employment History
False Drug Testing Information
Outdated Criminal History
Old Credit Information

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently issued an advisory opinion highlighting the importance of keeping false information out of background checks. In the opinion, the CFPB noted that, in 2020 alone, it received more than 191,000 complaints about inaccurate information in consumer reports.

Someone else on your background check?

If information about someone else showed up on your background check, you may be the victim of what is called a “mixed file.” This means the background check company mistook your for someone else and included their information in your background check. This can happen if your name is similar to someone else and a background check company fails to do their due diligence.

If someone else’s information is in your background check, you have a legal right to get it removed.

False criminal history on a background check?

False criminal information on background reports can be caused for many reasons. Sometimes, inaccurate criminal history results from background check companies not understanding public records. Other times, wrong criminal information is simply too old for a background check company to report. And yet other times, false criminal history results from a background check company putting someone else’s information in your background check.

False criminal history can be particularly damaging and often results in job loss, loss of rental opportunities, and denial of licenses and clearances.

If you have wrong criminal information in a background check, you have a legal right to get it removed.

How to fix an inaccurate background check?

To fix an inaccurate background check you must first file a dispute with the company that made the false background check. Here are the names and addresses of some of the larger background check providers:

AccurateNow: accuratenow.com; 866-693-1764; Certiphi Screening Inc., P.O. Box 2559, Southern Pines, North Carolina 28388.
Asurint: asurint.com; 800-906-2034; 1111 Superior Ave E, Cleveland, OH 44114.
Checkr: checker.com; 844-824-3257; Checkr, Inc., Privacy Questions, One Montgomery Street, Suite 2400, San Francisco, CA 94104.
Employment Screening Resources: erscheck.com; 888-999-4474; ERS, 7110 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945.
GoodHire: goodhire.com; 888-906-4284; P.O. Box 391403, Omaha, Nebraska 68139.
HireRight: hireright.com; 800-381-0645; Consumers Department, 14002 E. 21st Street, Suite 1200, Tulsa, OK 74134.
IntelliCorp Records: intelliCorp.net; 866-202-1436; Attn: Compliance Department, 3000 Auburn Drive, Suite 410, Beachwood, OH 44122
Justifacts: justifacts.com; 800-356-6885; Attn: Compliance Department, 5250 Logan Ferry Road, Murrysville, PA 15668.
SentryLink: sentrylink.com; 877-736-8791; 7500 Greenway Center Drive, Suite 1040, Greenbelt, MD 20770.
Sterling Talent Solutions: sterlingcheck.com; 800-899-2272; 1 State Street Plaza, New York, NY 10004.

Your dispute should be detailed and explain whey you are challenging any false information. Make sure to include supporting documents.

Here is a run-down of what your dispute should include and how it should be sent:

Contact Information: Your name, address, and telephone number.
Background Check Number: Your background check may contain a confirmation number. Reference this number in your dispute.
Identify and Explain Errors: Clearly identify each mistake you are challenging in your background check and explain why you are disputing it.
Explain What You Want: Request that the mistake be corrected or removed.
Include a Copy of Your Background Check: Enclose a copy of your background check with mistakes highlighted or circled.
Send Certified Mail with a Return Receipt: This will provide proof that your background check dispute was sent and received.

If you get nowhere with a dispute, you may have to file a lawsuit. If you need to file a lawsuit, or if you need help with the dispute process, give our background check attorney a call or complete our free case review form.

Your rights and background check errors?

Here is a summary of your rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), which is one of the laws that applies to false background checks:

Employers, landlords, licensing agencies, and other businesses must obtain consent run a background check.
Employers, landlords, licensing agencies, and other businesses must notify you if a background check was used against you.
You may request a copy of your background check.
You may dispute wrong, incorrect, inaccurate, old, or false information on your background check.
Background check errors must be corrected.
You may sue to correct mistakes on your background check or if any business violates your rights under the FCRA.

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