New Continuous Background Checks Will Take A Deeper Look At Your Personal Life. ByJessica Baron, Former Contributor. Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights.

Background checks are a huge business. San Francisco-based Checkr, perhaps the most well-known startup in the space, has raised $149 million according to Crunchbase, driven early on by the need to ...

Continuous background checks are easier to do now because more police departments and court systems are online, meaning that exponentially more data is available, ...

Lyft’s rollout of continuous background checks comes after Uber introduced a similar feature in U.S. in July 2018, using technology developed by startup Appriss.

The company has responded to criticism by rolling out “Continuous Check”, a product launched in 2018 that does ongoing checks into individuals rather than once before they start working.

A lot can happen in a year, so it's probably wise that Lyft will no longer rely solely on annual background checks for its drivers. The ride-sharing company will now run daily criminal monitoring ...

Continuous background checks are gaining popularity among employers. In theory, this will catch items that were missed during the new hire process as well as criminal events that have transpired ...

Uber will soon be watching its U.S. drivers much more closely. The ride-hailing service will be expanding its driver background checks so that drivers will be continuously monitored for certain ...

The company will institute what it calls “continuous” background checks for drivers, and is also introducing stricter rules for identity verification. Under the current rules, Lyft drivers ...