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Electronic Consent

Fill out the information below, including your full legal name as it appears on your photo ID. You have been authorized to complete online documents in connection with a background check consumer report background check for {{applicant.request.data.Related.ApplicantEntireName}}. During this process, you will be asked to "sign" one or more of the online documents with an electronic signature. Read the following carefully regarding the electronic signature/notice process.

Fill out the information below, including your full legal name as it appears on your photo ID. You have been authorized to complete online documents in connection with your background check consumer report background check and receive legal notices throughout your background check consumer report background check electronically. During this process, you will be asked to "sign" one or more of the online documents with an electronic signature. Read the following carefully regarding the electronic signature/notice process.

To sign a document electronically, fill out your name and last four digits of your SSN or National ID Number and click both the "I Accept" checkbox and the "Next" button appearing at the bottom of the document. NOTE: Your electronic signature will not be applied to the document until you correctly complete all of these steps.

When you have completed a document that requires your electronic signature, you may use your browser to view, print, or download the document before you sign it and/or after you sign it. Once all of the documents have been completed and signed, you may also view, download or print the complete, signed documents by clicking the "Print" button on your browser or by requesting a copy from Backgrounds Online. Proper identification will be required before such information is provided.

Once the signature process is completed, your electronic signature will be binding as if you had physically signed the document by hand.

If at any point you would like to withdraw your consent for your electronic signature, or if you need to update information needed to contact you electronically, contact support@backgroundsonline.com. Any withdrawal of consent will be effective as of the date it is received.

I understand that by typing my name and the last four digits of my SSN or National ID Number and by clicking on "I ACCEPT" below, and clicking on the next button below, that I am electronically signing the above document. I understand that my electronic signatures will be binding as though I had physically signed these documents by hand. I agree that a printout of this authorization may be accepted with the same authority as the original.

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Law Notices


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Los Angeles

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Minnesota

You have the right to submit a written request to the consumer reporting agency for a complete and accurate disclosure of the nature and scope of any consumer report the Company ordered about you. The consumer reporting agency must provide you with this disclosure within five business days after its receipt of your request or the report was requested by the Company, whichever date is later.

New York City

By signing the Acknowledgement and Authorization for Background Investigation, you further authorize the Company to provide you with a copy of your consumer report, the New York City Fair Chance Act Notice form, and any other documents, to the extent required by law, at the mailing address and/or email address you provide to the Company.

New York City

By signing the Acknowledgment and Authorization for a Consumer Report, you further authorize the Company to provide you with a copy of your consumer report and any other documents, to the extent required by law, at the mailing address and/or email address you provide to the Company.

By signing the Acknowledgment and Authorization for Background Investigation, you further authorize the Company to provide you with a copy of your background check, the New York City Fair Chance Act Notice form, and any other documents, to the extent required by law, at the mailing address and/or email address you provide to the Company.

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You have the right to receive a free copy of your consumer report.

Washington

You have the right to request from the consumer reporting agency a written summary of your rights and remedies under the Washington Fair Credit Reporting Act.
Please check this box if you would like to receive a copy of a consumer report if one is obtained by the Company.

Disclosure Regarding Background Investigation Disclosure Regarding a Consumer Report

Disclosure Regarding Background Investigation


{{applicant.request.data.ClientCompanyName}} (“the Company”) may obtain information about you from a third party consumer reporting agency for Employment purposes. Thus, you may be the subject of a “consumer report” which may include information regarding your criminal history, social security verification, motor vehicle records (“driving records”) or other background checks. about your character, general reputation, personal characteristics, and/or mode of living. These reports may contain information regarding your credit history, social security verification, education or employment history and more. about your character, general reputation, personal characteristics, and/or mode of living. These reports may contain information regarding your credit history, criminal history, social security verification, motor vehicle records (“driving records”), education or employment history, or other background checks.

The investigations will be conducted by Backgrounds Online, 1915 21st Street, Sacramento, CA 95811; (800) 838-4804; www.backgroundsonline.com.

Notice Regarding Background Checks Per California Law


{{applicant.request.data.ClientCompanyName}} (the "Company") intends to obtain information about you for Employment screening purposes from a consumer reporting agency. Thus, you can expect to be the subject of "investigative consumer reports" obtained for Employment purposes. Such reports may include information about your character, general reputation, personal characteristics and mode of living. With respect to any investigative consumer report from an investigative consumer reporting agency ("ICRA"), the Company may investigate the information contained in your Employment application and other background information about you, including but not limited to obtaining a criminal record report, verifying references, work history, your social security number, your educational achievements, licensure, and certifications, your driving record (which may contain your photograph, social security number, driver identification number, name, address, telephone number, and medical or disability information), and other information about you, and interviewing people who are knowledgeable about you. The results of this report may be used as a factor in making Employment decisions. The source of any investigative consumer report (as that term is defined under California law) will be Backgrounds Online, 1915 21st Street, Sacramento, CA 95811; (800) 838-4804; www.backgroundsonline.com. The Company agrees to provide you with a copy of an investigative consumer report when required to do so under California law.

Under California Civil Code section 1786.22, you are entitled to find out what is in the ICRA's file on you with proper identification, as follows:
  • In person, by visual inspection of your file during normal business hours and on reasonable notice. You also may request a copy of the information in person. The ICRA may not charge you more than the actual copying costs for providing you with a copy of your file.
  • A summary of all information contained in the ICRA's file on you that is required to be provided by the California Civil Code will be provided to you via telephone, if you have made a written request, with proper identification, for telephone disclosure, and the toll charge, if any, for the telephone call is prepaid by or charged directly to you.
  • By requesting a copy be sent to a specified addressee by certified mail. ICRAs complying with requests for certified mailings shall not be liable for disclosures to third parties caused by mishandling of mail after such mailings leave the ICRAs.

"Proper Identification" includes documents such as a valid driver's license, social security account number, military identification card, and credit cards. Only if you cannot identify yourself with such information may the ICRA require additional information concerning your employment and personal or family history in order to verify your identity.

The ICRA will provide trained personnel to explain any information furnished to you and will provide a written explanation of any coded information contained in files maintained on you. This written explanation will be provided whenever a file is provided to you for visual inspection. You may be accompanied by one other person of your choosing, who must furnish reasonable identification. An ICRA may require you to furnish a written statement granting permission to the ICRA to discuss your file in such person's presence.

Please check this box if you would like to receive a copy of an investigative consumer report at no charge if one is obtained by the Company whenever you have a right to receive such a copy under California law.

Notice Regarding Credit Checks Per California Law


{{applicant.request.data.ClientCompanyName}} (the “Company”) intends to obtain information about you for employment screening purposes from a consumer reporting agency. Thus, you can expect to be the subject of “consumer credit reports” obtained for employment purposes. Such reports may include information about your character, general reputation, personal characteristics and mode of living. The results of this report may be used as a factor in making employment decisions. The source of any consumer credit report (as that term is defined under California law) will be Backgrounds Online, 1915 21st Street, Sacramento, CA 95811; (800) 838-4804; www.backgroundsonline.com. The Company agrees to provide you with a copy of a consumer credit report when required to do so under California law.

Please check this box if you would like to receive a copy of consumer credit report at no charge if one is obtained by the Company whenever you have a right to receive such a copy under California law.

California Labor Code 1024.5 Notice Regarding Credit Checks:

Pursuant to Section 1024.5 of the California Labor Code, the Company informs you that it may obtain a credit report about you because you are seeking to work in the following position:

  • A position covered by the executive exemption set forth in subparagraph (1) of paragraph (A) of Section 1 of Wage Order 4 of the Industrial Welfare Commission;
  • A position in the state Department of Justice;
  • A sworn peace officer or other law enforcement;
  • A position for which the information contained in the report is required by law to be disclosed or obtained;
  • A position that involves regular access, for any purpose other than the routine solicitation and processing of credit card applications in a retail establishment, to all of the following types of information of any one person: (A) Bank or credit card account information; (B) Social security number; and (C) Date of birth;
  • A position in which the person can enter into financial transactions on behalf of the company;
  • A position that involves access to confidential or proprietary information; or
  • A position that involves regular access to $10,000 or more of cash.

Notice Regarding Credit Checks Per City of New York Law


In conjunction with my application for employment with {{applicant.request.data.ClientCompanyName}} (the “Company”), I understand that the Company intends to obtain information for employment screening purposes from a consumer reporting agency (CRA). I understand that a consumer report may be obtained from the following CRA: Backgrounds Online, 1915 21st Street, Sacramento, CA 95811; (800) 838-4804; www.backgroundsonline.com. A copy of their privacy policy may be requested.

Pursuant to Section 8 of the City of New York Administrative Code, the Company informs you that it may obtain a credit report about you from the above named CRA because you are seeking employment in the following position(s), or for the following reason(s):

  • A position with (i) signatory authority over third party funds or assets valued at $10,000 or more, or (ii) fiduciary responsibility to the employer and authority to enter into financial agreements valued at $10,000 or more on behalf of the employer;
  • A position with regular duties allowing an employee to modify digital security systems designed to prevent the unauthorized use of the employer’s or client’s networks or databases;
  • A non-clerical position with regular access to trade secrets or national security/intelligence information;
  • The employer is required to use an individual’s consumer credit history for employment purposes under state or federal law/regulations or by a self-regulatory organization (as defined by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934);
  • A position as a police officer or peace officer, or various positions with a law enforcement or investigative function at the Department of Investigation or subject to background investigation by the Department of Investigation;
  • A position requiring bonding under federal, state, or city law (e.g., certain positions in finance);
  • A position requiring security clearance under federal or any state law.

I acknowledge receipt of the Notice Regarding Credit Checks Per New York City Law and A Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and certify that I have read and understand these documents. I hereby authorize the Company to obtain a credit report from the above named CRA. I further acknowledge that a telephonic facsimile (FAX) or photographic copy of this authorization shall be as valid as the original.

Notice Regarding Credit Checks Per Vermont Law


Pursuant to Vermont Act No. 154 (S. 95), the Company informs you that it may obtain a credit report about you, for the following reason(s):
  • The information is required by state or federal law or regulation;
  • You seek to be/are employed in a position that involves access to “confidential financial information” (defined as “sensitive financial information of commercial value that a customer or client of the employer gives explicit authorization for the employer to obtain, process, and store and that the employer entrusts only to managers or employees as a necessary function of their job duties”);
  • The Company is a financial institution as defined in 8 V.S.A. §11101(32) or a credit union as defined in 8 V.S.A. §30101(5);
  • You seek to be/are employed in a position as a law enforcement officer, emergency medical personnel or firefighter as these terms are respectively defines in 20 V.S.A. §2358, 24 V.S.A. §2651(6) and 20 V.S.A. §3151(3)
  • You seek to be/are employed in a position that requires a financial fiduciary responsibility to the Company or a Company’s clients, including the authority to issue payments, collect debts, transfer money or enter into contracts;
  • You seek to be/are employed in a position that involves access to the Company’s payroll information; or
  • The Company can demonstrate that credit information is a valid and reliable predictor of employee performance in the your specific position of employment.

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Disclosure Regarding 'Investigative Consumer Report' Background Investigation


{{applicant.request.data.ClientCompanyName}} (the “Company”) may request an investigative consumer report about you from a third party consumer reporting agency, in connection with your Employment or application for Employment (including volunteer assignment(s), as applicable) and throughout your Employment if you are hired or retained, as allowed by law. An “investigative consumer report” is a background report that includes information from personal interviews (except in California, where that term includes background reports with or without information obtained from personal interviews). The most common form of an investigative consumer report in connection with your Employment is a reference check through personal interviews with sources such as your former employers and associates, and other information sources. The investigative consumer report may contain information concerning your character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living. {{applicant.request.data.ClientCompanyName}} (the “Company”) may request an investigative consumer report about you from a third party consumer reporting agency, in connection with your Employment or application for Employment (including volunteer assignment(s), as applicable) and throughout your Employment if you are hired or retained, as allowed by law. An “investigative consumer report” is a consumer report that includes information from personal interviews (except in California, where that term includes consumer reports with or without information obtained from personal interviews). The most common form of an investigative consumer report in connection with your Employment is a reference check through personal interviews with sources such as your former employers and associates, and other information sources. The investigative consumer report may contain information concerning your character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living.

{{applicant.request.data.ClientCompanyName}} (the “Company”) may request an investigative consumer report about you from a third party consumer reporting agency, in connection with your Employment or application for Employment (including volunteer assignment(s), as applicable) and throughout your Employment if you are hired or retained, as allowed by law. An “investigative consumer report” is a background report that includes information from personal interviews (except in California, where that term includes background reports with or without information obtained from personal interviews). The most common form of an investigative consumer report in connection with your Employment is a reference check through personal interviews with sources such as your former employers and associates, and other information sources. The investigative consumer report may contain information concerning your character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living.

You have the right, upon written request made within a reasonable time, to request from the Company (1) whether an investigative consumer report has been obtained about you, (2) disclosure of the nature and scope of any investigative consumer report and (3) a copy of your report. These reports will be prepared by Backgrounds Online, 1915 21st Street, Sacramento, CA 95811; (800) 838-4804; www.backgroundsonline.com.

Motor Vehicle Record Authorization


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I understand that driving a vehicle is a requirement of the position I am being considered for. I also understand that having and maintaining a satisfactory driving record and being able to legally and safely drive as required by my employment is a condition of my employment. I agree to allow {{applicant.request.data.ClientCompanyName}} to check my driving record, which may contain information about my physical, mental, or behavioral health maintained by a state government agency that has restricted my ability to drive legally, prior to hire and periodically thereafter. I understand that {{applicant.request.data.ClientCompanyName}} will use this information for employment purposes only and not furnish this information to a third party without my written consent.

INSTRUMENT OF WRITTEN CONSENT FOR CDLIS INQUIRY
I, the undersigned commercial driver, hereby authorize {{applicant.request.data.ClientCompanyName}} to request or access data pertaining to me within the Commercial Driver License Information System (“CDLIS”), to obtain all CDLIS master pointer record data relating to me (“CDLIS Data”), and to request and obtain my driver record from the jurisdiction identified in the CDLIS Data in accordance with applicable state law, the DPPA, and the FCRA. I hereby further authorize the disclosure of my CDLIS Data and driver record to Subscriber. I hereby give this consent.

Acknowledgment and Authorization for Background Investigation Acknowledgment and Authorization for a Consumer Report

Acknowledgment and Authorization for Background Investigation


I acknowledge receipt of the separate documents entitled DISCLOSURE REGARDING BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION, A SUMMARY OF YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT and OTHER STATE/LOCAL NOTICES and certify that I have read and understand those documents. I hereby authorize the obtaining of “consumer reports” and/or “investigative consumer reports” by {{applicant.request.data.ClientCompanyName}} (the “Company“) at any time after receipt of this authorization and throughout my employment, if applicable. To this end, I hereby authorize, without reservation, any law enforcement agency, administrator, state or federal agency, institution, school or university (public or private), information service bureau, employer, or insurance company to furnish any and all background information requested DISCLOSURE REGARDING A CONSUMER REPORT, A SUMMARY OF YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT and OTHER STATE/LOCAL NOTICES and certify that I have read and understand those documents. I hereby authorize the obtaining of “consumer reports” and/or “investigative consumer reports” by {{applicant.request.data.ClientCompanyName}} (the “Company“) at any time after receipt of this authorization and throughout my employment, if applicable. To this end, I hereby authorize, without reservation, any administrator, state or federal agency, institution, school or university (public or private), information service bureau, employer, or insurance company to furnish any and all information requested DISCLOSURE REGARDING BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION, DISCLOSURE FOR INVESTIGATIVE CONSUMER REPORT, A SUMMARY OF YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT and OTHER STATE/LOCAL NOTICES and certify that I have read and understand those documents. I hereby authorize the obtaining of "consumer reports" and/or "investigative consumer reports" by {{applicant.request.data.ClientCompanyName}} (the "Company") at any time after receipt of this authorization and throughout my Employment, if applicable. To this end, I hereby authorize, without reservation, any law enforcement agency, administrator, state or federal agency, institution, school or university (public or private), information service bureau, employer, or insurance company to furnish any and all background information requested by Backgrounds Online, 1915 21st Street, Sacramento, CA 95811; (800) 838-4804; www.backgroundsonline.comand/or the Company. I agree that a facsimile (“fax”), electronic or photographic copy of this Authorization shall be as valid as the original.
I understand that I may receive a FREE copy of my consumer report by submitting my request to Backgrounds Online.

Click to view Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act

Personal Information


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Your Email*

 

Reference Questions§

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Employment Verification§

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Company URL
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Company City*
Company State*
Position/Title*
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§ The more thorough information that is provided, the quicker our team can complete this order.

State Level Criminal Search Authorization


Backgrounds Online in coordination with {{applicant.request.data.ClientCompanyName}} has identified that the background check for {{applicant.request.data.Steps.CandidateName}} should have a NY State Level Criminal Search run but we need your approval to move forward with this search. Please choose a selection below, enter your full name and click the submit button to allow us to proceed.

 

YES, run the NY Search
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NYC Conditional Offer Confirmation


In order to complete the rest of this background check you must indicate below that you have sent out the conditional offer for {{applicant.request.data.Steps.CandidateName}}. Please choose a selection below, enter your full name and click the submit button to allow us to proceed.

 

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I certify that: A clear and conspicuous stand-alone disclosure, in a document consisting solely of the disclosure, has been made in writing to the consumer. The disclosure satisfied all requirements identified in the Fair Credit Reporting Act. I have also provided any other disclosure documents required by applicable federal, state or local laws. I have also obtained the written authorization of the consumer.

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§ The more thorough information that is provided, the quicker our team can complete this order.

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Motor Vehicle Record Search

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Motor Vehicle Record Search

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Phone Number
Major
Minor

Employment Verification {{$index + 1}}§

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Background Check Cost


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