If you already have a compliance program for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a lot of this may sound familiar. While the CCPA borrows a number of GDPR concepts and definitions, and your GDPR program will give you a head start on CCPA compliance, the CCPA does require some additional steps.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently released its report on Uber’s driver background check process in Pennsylvania as well as Uber’s implementation plan and directed the company to proceed with several recommendations to strengthen its background check process.

If nothing else, 20 years spent behind bars taught Cozie Welch that an education is the only thing given that cannot be taken away.

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee won’t schedule a hearing for a “ban the box” bill that would restrict employers from asking about job applicants’ criminal histories, dealing a death blow to the proposal.

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which goes into effect January 1, 2020, is considered the most expansive state privacy law in the United States.

A bill that would remove criminal history questions from initial job applications in the private sector is headed to the governor’s desk.

A bipartisan bill in the Iowa Legislature could ban public employers from seeking past criminal history from job applicants.

Indiana state senators have passed a bill dealing with how public libraries handle criminal background checks.

Prospective hires to the city of Atlanta will no longer have to answer questions about the history of their salaries on their job applications. 

Lincoln man says a felony conviction 20 years ago still hurts his job chances.