Employer agreement and permissible purpose

Accept the employer agreement, what the version stores, and why the only permissible purpose is employment.

Updated 2 of 4 in Compliance and FCRA

The employer agreement is the certification you accept before a report can be furnished.

Who it is for. The account owner or an admin.

  1. Open onboarding after the company is saved.
  2. Read the agreement. It names employment as the permissible purpose.
  3. Accept the version shown on the page.
  4. PreHireBadge stores who accepted it, when, the IP address, and the SHA-256 of the text.
  5. If the version changes, accept the new text before a report can be furnished.

A pending company can still be set up

You can accept the agreement while credentialing is pending. The search itself waits until an operator approves the company.
Where the employer agreement is kept.
Where the employer agreement is kept.

The certification language tracks 15 U.S.C. 1681b(b)(1). This page describes the product. It is not legal advice. See credentialing.

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