The Federal Trade Commission sent letters to ten data broker companies warning that their practices could violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) after a test-shopping operation by the FTC indicated the companies were willing to sell consumer information without abiding by FCRA requirements.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2013/05/databroker.shtm?goback=%2Egde_3968980_member_238895854
Contract issues with background checks
About once a month, I get a call from a company saying they are required to run certain background checks for a contract they recently
