Background Checks and Employment Discrimination: Distant parallels between U.S. and EU Privacy Regimes

Authors

Eugene Frid

Abstract

In 2012, Halstead Management Company offered Kevin A. Jones a job as a doorman in New York City. After the company requested a criminal background check on Mr. Jones, his offer was rescinded. Although Mr. Jones had no criminal record, Sterling Infosystems, the large company tasked with doing the background check, mixed up his information with the information of Kevin M. Jones, a different man with at least three criminal convictions.

Recommended Citation

Eugene Frid, Background Checks and Employment Discrimination: Distant parallels between U.S. and EU Privacy Regimes, 40 Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 159 (2017).
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