2018



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November 19, 2018
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French firm warned to obtain user consent by DP regulators

France’s data protection authority, the CNIL, informed retail insight firm Vectaury that it needs to gather consent for its data-processing practices.

Vectaury, whose aim is to bring retail into a connected world, collects personal data through mobile devices to perform ad campaigns on the devices. A CNIL investigation found the company does not properly obtain consent. The agency determined users are not automatically informed when an app is downloaded that an SDK tool takes their location data.

While Vectaury claims it processes data with users’ consent, the CNIL determined it was not collected until their data was used to build an ad profile. The president of the CNIL has given Vectaury three months to fix their consent practices or face a potential fine.

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November 14, 2018
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Announcing our Latest Product Update

This evening (Wednesday 14th November) we’ll be upgrading our system to give you new functionality and to enhance the candidate experience:

E-mail notifications for interim reports

Interim reports are available at any point between an order being submitted and the final report being ready. You can soon opt to receive a push notification when the results for quick turnaround checks such as UK Credit Checks and International Fraud/Sanctions checks are ready.  You will receive one notification per order and can choose to have the interim report PDF attached to your email notification.

To turn on this notification:

  • Log into the portal
  • Go to ‘My account’
  • Select ‘Email preferences’

Improved academic address finder

We have improved the feature to look up an institution name, street, and postcode for academic institution addresses in the UK and in a large number of other countries. This means you and your candidates can now search for accurate addresses quicker. For many institutions, typing in the name alone is now sufficient to find the full address.  This feature not only improves user experience but also ensures that time is not wasted correcting invalid information

Extended customisation options for candidate emails

You can create bespoke invitations and follow up emails for different employee types. For example, you may prefer that candidates receive different messages than current employees who are being re-screened.

For each order, you can select which set of emails is sent to the applicant ensuring that your messaging is positioned correctly and improving the overall experience.
 

UK Criminal Checks in England and Wales: 

Updated identity checking guidelines

As previously advised, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has updated their identity checking guidance. The changes outlined below are being made to the identity document lists on our platform for standard and enhanced checks. If you would like to update your internal identity checking guidance, you can find new ID Check Guides in the​ Help Guides library (you will need to log in first).

 

Irish Passport Card

The Irish Passport Card has been added to Group 2b. However, please note it cannot be used with an Irish passport.

New documents available for non-European Economic Area applicants

• A Permanent Residence Card

• A Positive Verification Notice 

Changes to requirements:

A passport is no longer required as an additional item for the following three documents:

• A current Residence Card 

• A current Immigration Status Document containing a photograph. 

• A current Immigration Status Document 

To set up bespoke emails or notifications please contact your Account Manager or our Client Service Team

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November 13, 2018
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UK Criminal Checks in Northern Ireland via Access NI

NI Direct Account

If you order criminal checks in Northern Ireland, and haven't yet created your new NI Direct account, we encourage you to do so now.  Guidance can be found here.  We are more than happy to walk you through the process if this helps.

Certificates

Digital certificates are now being issued to all candidates unless convictions are being disclosed.  Candidates can share the electronic certificate with you via their AcessNI account.  Certificates that include convictions are always posted and all candidates can opt to receive a posted certificate if they wisih.

There is plenty of guidance for candidates on the  AccessNI website.  Our Candidate Team are also available to help candidates.

EU Member States

For enhanced checks and when the role includes regulated activity with children, AccessNI requests information on nationals from 9 EU Member States. Due to delays of 6 weeks or more obtaining this information from Poland and Romania, AccessNI has suspended requesting criminal record information from those countries. Verifile can provide a criminal check in Poland, or candidates can be asked to provide a certificate of good conduct. Once delays have been resolved, AccessNI will re-start the request of criminal record information for nationals of Poland and Romania, and we will update you accordingly.

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