Corporate Screening provides quality international corporate background screening services by utilizing a network of worldwide court researchers, government and private agencies. Turnaround times and availability of information vary greatly with International background checks. Please contact us for details.

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Corporate Screening and European Safe Harbor Compliance

Corporate Screening confirms our strong policy to protect and maintain the privacy and personal data that we assemble during background checks and maintain on behalf of employers concerning consumers. In that regard, we certify that our international background check services comply with the “Safe Harbor” principles of the United States Department of Commerce, in relation to personal data collected in the European Union. We endorse and follow the principles and practices outlined in the seven principals of the European Commission’s Directive on Data Protection.

The European Commission’s Directive on Data Protection went into effect in October 1998, and would prohibit the transfer of personal data to non-European Union nations that do not meet the European "adequacy" standard for privacy protection. While the United States and the European Union share the goal of enhancing privacy protection for their citizens, the United States takes a different approach to privacy from that taken by the European Union. The United States uses a sectoral approach that relies on a mix of legislation, regulation, and self-regulation. The European Union, however, relies on comprehensive legislation that, for example, requires creation of government data protection agencies, registration of databases with those agencies, and in some instances prior approval before personal data processing may begin.

The decision by U.S. organizations to enter the safe harbor is entirely voluntary. Organizations that decide to participate in the safe harbor must comply with the safe harbor's requirements and publicly declare that they do so.

Learn more about safe harbor and how it affects background checks here: http://www.export.gov/safeharbor/SH_Overview.asp

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