EBI's own background screening library.

With the resources EBI has at its disposal for background screening, drug testing, and human resources management, we felt it was time to offer a consolidated location for accessing many of our best public research materials, hence EBI's background screening online library was born.

You'll also find a complete archive of our EBI Advisor, our periodic newsletter on the background screening industry located here.

You're welcome to use and quote any of these resources, in whole or part, as long as you offer complete attribution to this page and our site.

Current topic: Site Inspections The First Line of Defense Against Identity Theft and Fraud A lot of clients may have the wrong idea about site inspections, also known as physical inspections. They may think it's just a scam to pull more revenue out of the client, or a means of learning industry secrets that the client may want to protect. But this can't be farther from the truth. Any Credit Reporting Agency worth its salt must start with a site inspection before they perform any kind of credit check or report any information. This isn't about scamming anyone, it's about preventing identity theft and fraud. Here's the problem – any Credit Reporting Agency (CRA) who doesn't perform their site inspection could be setting themselves up to be preyed upon by a criminal. It's happened before: a CRA doesn't follow up with a site inspection, and hands over valuable credit check information to their new "client." But, that client is actually a false business front using CRAs and consumer information databases steal the sensitive and valuable data that necessarily comes out of a credit check or credit report. Now, that CRA, who didn't conduct a site search to verify the existence and security of that client, has aided in both identity theft and fraud. Of course, this is why credit bureaus made physical inspections a mandate for all CRAs back in July of 2003, but that doesn't mean that everyone is in compliance with that rule. But EBI has been in full compliance with this mandate since it was issued. As a CRA, we feel that individual privacy is just as important as great service and client satisfaction. There are many other companies who don't have these kinds of scruples, but at EBI, that's just not our style. Call EBI to discuss designing a drug testing program to suit your company's needs.Our reliable drug testing programs will give you peace of mind about drug use in your workplace. Criminal records searches. Random drug testing. Reference checks. Everything for a comprehensive picture of your prospective employees. Call us at 800.324.7700 for details.

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