The Federal Trade Commission today told the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) imposes requirements on Consumer Reporting Agencies (CRAs) – which include the three major credit bureaus – and on employers that use the information “to ensure that sensitive consumer report information is used with fairness, impartiality, and respect…
Category: Workplace
DNA Testing of MLB Prospects Continues Under New Rules
Michael S. Schmidt reports: After it was revealed last year that investigators for Major League Baseball were using DNA testing on teenage prospects and their parents to verify the players’ ages to combat identity fraud, genetic experts roundly criticized the practice and raised questions about its legality. In response, baseball halted the practice. The investigators have…
GAO: Federal background checks can be risky business
Emily Long reports: The Office of Personnel Management should improve its oversight of federal background investigations to ensure the security of personal information, according to a new audit. A Government Accountability Office report released Thursday found OPM’s Federal Investigative Service, which conducts background checks for individuals seeking government employment and security clearances, has limited oversight of…
Argument recap from SCOTUS: Caution on privacy (NASA v. Nelson)
Although L.A. Times reporter David G. Savage thought things didn’t go well for Caltech scientists in the Supreme Court today, Lyle Denniston offers a different perspective on how oral arguments went in the background check privacy case where the government is the employer: Two perceptions emerged with clarity Tuesday from a complex Supreme Court argument…