So the last provider I had did a background check on me using, according to her, a background check site unique to the hobby. So she came up with an arrest record for me from 2004 and wanted to know what that was all about.  

I was clueless and very excited given that fact that the IRS was hacked for over 1 million SS with names.  

I have not had a moving traffic violation or parking ticket in 40 years let along anything I would consider an arrest. No I am not a saint but I am good at not getting caught.  

Anyhow, since she already had my first and last name, she had complete access to my public records. To find out what I looked like I did a "Been Verified" background check on myself, payed the $30 and send her the results to prove I had no arrest record.

So we did have a date and a very pleasant one at that. I did ask her what the story was on the "arrest".

Well apparently there is a site providers use for doing background checks. And when you run a check on someone it comes up with a summary list of things it found (with no detail of course). And there apparently is a Traffic/Arrest header with the number of hits found. However, if you do not pay the $30 or so you can not see the details.  

Well, please providers. If you can not afford to pay the $30 for the full report then please do not accuse clients of having and "arrest" record. In my case it turned out that in 2004 I had an expired inspection sticker on one of my cars. At that time I had two driving children and one wife with two cars pulse me. Between all of us we (I as the appointed alpha male) had 5 vehicles to administer. Well I was also working my F'ing ass off and did not notice my car had expired. The Jack Booted Thugs from Fairfax did however and I got ticketed (OH excuse me, ARRESTED).  

CJ

Been Verified does not always have the all the information, sometimes it is behind, it is good for financial checks/real estate. Other ones have more information. instantcheckmate gives more information for arrest records.  

You have to use a combination of sites for background checks.

This is another reason to delete your facebook profile and remove any pictures of yourself on the internet. The background check websites grab information from facebook and other other social media sites such as twitter. The also get all the information from court records nationwide. Records from firearms registration, voter registration records, marriage records, all your neighbors. Then even scan linkedin and resume sites. Make sure to also set your social media profiles to hidden from the search engines.

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Make sure you set your privacy settings to high restriction and not allow your cellphone carrier share your information with data brokers. Better to get a throw away phone, imho. If you have not set them, set them now. The data brokers will turn off searches on your phone number when they get an updated.

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