The following post, by Sharon Dietrich of Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, addresses the question whether reporting of an expunged or sealed case by a commercial background screener violates the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Sharon is a national authority on FCRA as applied to criminal records, and we are pleased to reprint her analysis below. The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) governs the accuracy of criminal background checks prepared by commercial screeners. While there is little case law holding that the FCRA prohibits commercial screeners from reporting expunged or sealed cases, there is little doubt that this is the case….
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