True! - they check blogs, frequently visited websites, forums etc. What do you think about this?
2007-02-07 07:35:35 · 20 answers · asked by sage seeker 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Interesting responses...some of you are well aware the kind of access folk can have WITHOUT a court order. If one knows what they are doing a wealth of information can be obtained....and FYI just today there was an article in the news about prospective employers doing online searches as part of their background checks.
BTW - a LOT can be told of your location etc from your email address [regardless of how cryptic it is] it is not the name you choose as much as it is the information contained in the
2007-02-07 08:17:31 · update #1
the full headers. You are NOT anonymous on the internet and the sooner folk realize that the better you will be off when deciding how much to divulge when chatting; etc.
2007-02-07 08:18:58 · update #2
Yes, I have heard that some employers do search sites such as Facebook and MySpace to see if they can obtain any additional information about their potential candidate. By doing this, it adds just one more aspect to what they look at when hiring you. Companies sometimes also use credit reports and even DMV driving records to determine how responsible of a person you are. By looking at sites like MySpace, they are just trying to view another dimension of your life to guage how you are as a person. As far as I'm concerned, it doesnt really bother me too much since I don't have much to hide. I would recommend keeping very personal or negative information about yourself off those sites to protect your own intergirty though.
2007-02-07 07:45:47 · answer #1 · answered by mikeztheman 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get a No Cost Background Check Scan at https://bitly.im/aNECZ
Its a sensible way to start. The site allows you to do a no cost scan simply to find out if any sort of data is in existence. A smaller analysis is done without cost. To get a detailed report its a modest payment.
You may not realize how many good reasons there are to try and find out more about the people around you. After all, whether you're talking about new friends, employees, doctors, caretakers for elderly family members, or even significant others, you, as a citizen, have a right to know whether the people you surround yourself with are who they say they are. This goes double in any situation that involves your children, which not only includes teachers and babysitters, but also scout masters, little league coaches and others. Bottom line, if you want to find out more about someone, you should perform a background check.
2016-05-19 04:05:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, potential employers will Google their applicants and check out their blogs and all that. They would not necessarily be able to check frequently visited websites. This generally has nothing to do with an actual background check, though. This is just general info gathering.
2007-02-07 07:39:21 · answer #3 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you are posting your name all over the place, how are they going to find that? How are they going to determine frequently visited websites? They don't have the cookies on your machine or your browser's history?
I don't think that googling a person's name is such a bad thing. You can learn a lot about people.
2007-02-07 07:39:47 · answer #4 · answered by BAM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they don't. When you have a background check done on you, you sign a release that allows them to obtain it. They would need the specifics of all of your accounts and you would need to sign releases for those as well.
I just had a background check done for a new job (a county job).
2007-02-07 07:54:51 · answer #5 · answered by JW 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely! Anyone who believes he/she is free and that they have freedom of speech or freedom of the press is truly misled. Furthermore, anyone who believes that the law is fair and just is also misled. The laws of man are flawed and most are not enforced or are "target" enforced. Therefore, prepare to pay for what you say. It isn't right but we can stand up for what we believe and we can act on our beliefs. We can practice our constitutional rights and refuse to allow our government to subvert the Constitution and the Laws of the Land.
Please join Citizens Protecting Your Rights in sending pink postcards to all your elected and/or appointed officials who are not doing their job as you elected or appointed them to do. The postcards say "You're fired" and give the reasons. Become active in your life and your government. The power is vested in the people if only they will use it. Our goal is to have at least 20 million pink postcards delivered to our elected/appointed officials who are not doing their jobs and to replace them asap.
2007-02-07 07:44:27 · answer #6 · answered by MH/Citizens Protecting Rights! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe for a top secret clearance but for a regular background check it can't be done. It would require a court order.
2007-02-07 07:38:14 · answer #7 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is very upsetting, particularly when privacy is one of our main concerns. That is why I never give up my real email.
Every now and then, i get a signal from my firewall that there is a background check from Yahoo!
Lucky for me they will receive about 1,000,000 different ipp's
2007-02-07 07:40:20 · answer #8 · answered by Night Hawk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get out of town, that's some scary stuff right there!
Makes me very concerned.
I'm an honest sort, you know. And how many of us have our shared personal lives on here!
2007-02-07 07:38:28 · answer #9 · answered by starryeyed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't have anything to hide, so a background check isn't a concern to me.
2007-02-07 07:38:30 · answer #10 · answered by RaeOLyte 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋