STATE NOTICE PERTAINING
TO
BACKGROUND CHECKS
If you live or work for the Company in any of the states listed below, please note the following:
If you live or work for the Company in California, Minnesota or Oklahoma: Check this box if you would like a free copy of your background report:
□ CALIFORNIA: You have a right to view the file that the CRA has with your information, and order a copy of the file, upon submitting proper identification (such as a valid driver's license, Social Security account number, military identification card or credit card) and paying actual copying costs, by coming to their offices, during normal business hours and on reasonable notice. You also have a right to submit a written request, to include proper identification, for a copy of your file to be sent by certified mail or for a telephonic file summary. The CRA will provide trained personnel to explain to you the information furnished and can answer questions about information in your file including any coded information. If you come to their offices in person, another person can join you, so long as that person can show proper identification. More specific information is set out below.
The CRA, CSS, Inc., will prepare the background report for the Company. The CRA is located at 20 E Clementon Road, Suite 201-S, Gibbsboro, NJ 08026, and can be reached at 866.427.7837. Its website is http://csscheck360.com, and its privacy policies can be found at its website: http://csscheck360.com/privacy-policy.html.
MASSACHUSETTS: If you contact the Company's Human Resources department, you have the right to know whether the Company ordered an investigative consumer report about you. You also have the right to ask the CRA for a copy of any such report.
MINNESOTA: You have the right in most circumstances to submit a written request to the CRA for a complete and accurate disclosure of the nature and scope of any consumer report the Company ordered about you. The CRA must provide you with this disclosure within five business days after its receipt of your request or the report was requested by the Company, whichever date is later.
NEW JERSEY: You have the right to submit a request to the CRA for a copy of any investigative consumer report the Company ordered about you.
NEW YORK: If you contact the Company's Human Resources department, you have the right to know whether the Company ordered a consumer report or investigative consumer report about you. Shown above is the CRA's address and telephone number. You have the right to contact the CRA to inspect or receive a copy of any such report. A copy of Article 23-A of the Correction Law is provided below.
WASHINGTON STATE: If you submit a written request to the Company’s Human Resources department, you have the right to a complete and accurate disclosure of the nature and scope of any investigative consumer report the Company ordered about you. You are entitled to this disclosure within five business days after the date your request is received or we ordered the report, whichever is later. You also have the right to request a written summary of your rights under the Washington Fair Credit Reporting Act. Para información en español, visite www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore o escribe a la Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20552.
A Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act
The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act(FCRA) promotes the accuracy,fairness,andprivacyofinformation in the files of consumer reporting agencies. There are many types of consumer reporting agencies, including credit bureaus and specialty agencies (such as agencies that sell information about check writing histories, medical records, and rental history records). Here is a summary of your major rights under the FCRA. For more information, including information about additional rights, go to www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmoreorwrite to:Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 1700 G Street N.W., Washington, DC20552.
• You must be told if information in your file has been used against you. Anyone who uses a credit report or another type of consumer report to deny your application for credit, insurance, or employment- or to take another adverse action against you - must tell you, and must give you the name, address, and phone number of the agency that provided the information.
• You have the right to know what is in your file. You may request and obtain all the information about you in the files of a consumer reporting agency (your "file disclosure"). You will be required to provide proper identification, which may include your Social Security number. In many cases, the disclosure will be free. You are entitled to a free file disclosure if:
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a person has taken adverse action against you because of information in your credit report;
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you are the victim of identity theft and place a fraud alert in your file;
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your file contains inaccurate information as a result of fraud;
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you are on public assistance;
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you are unemployed but expect to apply for employment within 60 days. In addition, all consumers are entitled to one free disclosure every 12 months upon request from each nationwide credit bureau andfrom nationwide specialty consumer reporting agencies. See
www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore
for additional information.
• You have the right to ask for a credit score. Credit scores are numerical summaries of your creditworthiness based on information from credit bureaus. You may request a credit score from consumer reporting agencies that create scores or distribute scores used in residential real property loans, but you will have to pay for it. In some mortgage transactions, you will receive credit score information for free from the mortgage lender.
• You have the right to dispute incomplete or inaccurate information. If you identify information in your file that is incomplete or inaccurate, and report it to the consumer reporting agency, the agency must investigate unless your dispute is frivolous. See www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore for an explanation of dispute procedures.
• Consumer reporting agencies must correct or delete inaccurate, incomplete, or unverifiable information. Inaccurate, incomplete or unverifiable information must be removed or corrected, usually within 30 days. However, a consumer reporting agency may continue to report information it has verified as accurate.
• Consumer reporting agencies may not report outdated negative information. In most cases, a consumer reporting agency may not report negative information that is more than seven years old, or bankruptcies that are more than 10 years old.
• Access to your file is limited. A consumer reporting agency may provide information about you only to people with a valid need -- usually to consider an application with a creditor, insurer, employer, landlord, or other business. The FCRA specifies those with a valid need for access.
• You must give your consent for reports to be provided to employers. A consumer reporting agency may not give out information about you to your employer, or a potential employer, without your written consent given to the employer. Written consent generally is not required in the trucking industry. For more information, go to www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore.
• You may limit "prescreened" offers of credit and insurance you get based on information in your credit report. Unsolicited "prescreened" offers for credit and insurance must include a toll-free phone number you can call if you choose to remove your name and address from the lists these offers are based on. You may opt out with the nationwide credit bureaus at 1-888-5-0PTOUT (1-888-567-8688).
• You may seek damages from violators. If a consumer reporting agency, or, in some cases, a user of consumer reports or a furnisher of information to a consumer reporting agency violates the FCRA, you may be able to sue in state or federal court.
• Identity theft victims and active duty military personnel have additional rights. For more information, visit www.consumerfinance.gov/learnmore.
States may enforce the FCRA, and many states have their own consumer reporting laws. In some cases, you may have more rights under state law. For more information, contact your state or local consumer protection agency or your state Attorney General.