For many companies, running a background check on a prospective employee is the final step before making a hire. A school might run a background check to make sure a potential teacher is properly ...

Nearly 3 billion people have been affected by a previously unknown data breach at a background check company. Credit: Witthaya Prasongsin via GETTY Images You might be affected by one of the biggest ...

WASHINGTON -- The company that handled a background check on National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden allegedly defrauded the U.S. government by submitting at least 665,000 investigations that ...

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Four parallel lawsuits filed this month accuse a Massachusetts-based company that specializes in background checks of negligently failing to safeguard private information. Creative Services, Inc., a ...

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