Not yet… Offering mobile apps that retrieve criminal records and other public records directly to mobile devices such as cell phones presents many obstacles and according to Human Resource professionals is a non-practical medium for facilitating employment screening. Recent Federal Trade Commission recently settled charges filed against a marketer that offered background checks via a mobile Smartphone app. The company agreed to settle as it acknowledged it was operating outside the FCRA without taking consumer protection measures required.
Additionally, human resource professionals would rather perform their employment screening through a computer with a big screen in the privacy of their office or workspace. Much of the information they gather from performing background checks is private and does not need to be shown to passerby’s or those that may use such information to intimidate, bribe, harass or harm a person. To learn more about mobile background checks and the challenges they face read recent CriminalBackgroundRecords.com press release: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2013-3-14-Mobile-Background-Screening-Provider-In-Trouble.html