Privacy Violation with Potential Employer

[curiousfemale]

What is the name of your state? CA

Can the vice president of a company question information on my background check to my potential supervisor who is not allowed to view my background check?

 

[Beth3]

Who is not "allowed" to see your background check? The VP or your potential supervisor? And why ever not? You need to explain the situation further.

 

[curiousfemale]

Reply

THe VP of my potential employer HR department runs a bacground check. The VPof the company of course gets to see it to make a decision as to whether to hire me or not. Without my knowledge and without first questioning me, that same VP asks the store manager of where I will be the Assistant Manager whether she knows anything about it. Although she and I have worked together in the past, and thankfully she is familiar with what is on my record, a wet wreckless driving, I do not believe she has to rights to be questioned on the incident. They didn't know she knew, how dare they ask her the details right? Is there any violation?

 

[BelizeBreeze]

What you believe and what the law allows are two different things. Your 'record' is public information. Nothing illegal has transpired.

 

[cbg]

No, there is not even remotely any violation. They may legally inquire of anyone they want.

 

[curiousfemale]

So I could hire someone that is friends with someone already working in my office and walk up to my coworker and say "Did you know so and so has a DUI?" Somehow, that just does not seem right? Is this how I am understanding this?

 

[cbg]

It may not be "right" in the sense of moral or ethical, but there is nothing illegal about it.