July

Car2Go recently decided to stop background screening its customers with disastrous consequences.

For several years Car2Go had screened all of its customers which lead to delays for consumers of around two days. In April, when car2Go stopped these manual background checks 20 thieves created 80 fake accounts which resulted in 75 Mercedes cars being compromised with some joy riders even posting videos on social media.
 

After running an extensive public consultation process last year, a new Disclosure (Scotland) Bill is proposing radical changes to the law relating to the disclosure of criminal history in Scotland and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme.

Among the proposed changes, we note the following:

• The PVG scheme will become mandatory for anyone working with children and vulnerable people.
• The existing lifetime membership in the PVG Scheme will be replaced with a renewable five-year membership.
• Automatic disclosure of minor criminal offences committed by young persons will end, and decisions whether or not to disclose such offences will be taken on a case by case basis.
• The whole disclosure system will be simplified, reducing the number of different checks available from ten to four.
• There are also different proposals to change the fees for Scottish checks which have not yet been finalised.

This week our CEO, Eyal, along with other lead signatories of Registered Bodies and Regulators will discuss the impact of these changes at the “future of legislation underpinning the Protection of Vulnerable Groups and the Disclosure of Criminal Information” conference in Edinburgh. 

Please check our social media for updates on the event. We will, of course, keep you fully informed as further legislation changes unfold.

We have made the following changes to our international product offering:

• Falkland Islands Police Clearance Certificate: Now available in the Falkland Islands is a Police Clearance Certificate.

• Russia Extended Credit Check: We now offer an additional type of credit report from Russia. The new Russia Extended Credit Check provides a detailed financial history of a candidate’s Russian financial accounts such as bank accounts, credit cards, mortgage, personal loans etc. and confirms the current amount of debt, monthly payments and payment defaults. The original Russia Credit Check, which we have provided for some time, has now been re-named as a Russia Negative Tax Records Check to reflect the scope of this check better.

• Australia Search: Our search establishes whether the candidate has been banned or disqualified by either the Australian Securities & Investments Commission or the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. The search will also identify if either of these regulators have accepted an enforceable undertaking against the candidate in relation to matters they oversee.