New Offering Accelerates Delivery of Criminal
Background Checks When Required by Background Screeners, Employers
and Government Agencies
ATLANTA, Aug. 15,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Equifax® (NYSE: EFX) has
launched Smart Screen™, a new portfolio of consumer reports.
Leveraging the Equifax Cloud™ and the
TotalVerify™ data hub, Smart Screen accelerates the delivery
of criminal background checks when required by background
screeners, employers and government agencies as part of their
established hiring and background screening processes.
"While criminal background checks are a component of many
background screening processes, they can often take days or weeks
to complete," said Brian Kelly,
Senior Vice President, Insights, Equifax Workforce Solutions.
"Smart Screen consumer reports can help move this process forward
faster than ever. Smart Screen leverages an expansive, proprietary
U.S. incarceration network covering approximately 185 million
incarceration records from more than 1,900 county jails and 30
state prison systems, with data updated as frequently as every 15
minutes."
Smart Screen reports instantly inform a background screener,
employer or government agency when an applicant has no records
within a proprietary U.S. incarceration data network. Available to
credentialed users through web-based interfaces, Smart Screen 'no
incarceration records found' reports are consumer reports as
defined by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and can only be
used by organizations with a permissible purpose. When a Smart
Screen report is not available, the system provides a 'more
research is needed' output, which is not a consumer report and may
not be used for a permissible purpose.
"Criminal background checks are one component of our clients'
comprehensive background screening processes, and Equifax Workforce
Solutions has several solutions and tools that can help with this
process. We believe that data-driven decisions can encourage
practices like fair chance hiring, an opportunity for organizations
to expand their candidate pools and increase employment
opportunities for people with criminal histories," continued
Kelly.
Smart Screen joins the extensive Equifax Workforce Solutions
portfolio of data-driven solutions that support pre-employment,
government, lending and other use cases. The TotalVerify data hub
is comprised of proprietary Equifax and partner-sourced data types,
including employment and income information from The Work
Number® as well as data covering education, professional
certifications, identity, incarceration, sanctions and more. More
information on the Smart Screen portfolio of consumer reports can
be found here.
ABOUT EQUIFAX INC.
At Equifax (NYSE: EFX), we believe
knowledge drives progress. As a global data, analytics, and
technology company, we play an essential role in the global economy
by helping financial institutions, companies, employers, and
government agencies make critical decisions with greater
confidence. Our unique blend of differentiated data, analytics, and
cloud technology drives insights to power decisions to move people
forward. Headquartered in Atlanta
and supported by 14,000 employees worldwide, Equifax operates or
has investments in 24 countries in North
America, Central and South
America, Europe, and the
Asia Pacific region. For more
information, visit Equifax.com.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Daniel Jenkins for Equifax
mediainquiries@equifax.com
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