This is the official web site of APSCREEN
Contact Information in the Event of Compromise of Information
or Security Breach:
APSCREEN Security
Dept.
1-800-277-2733
security@APSCREEN.com
We reserve the right to change, update or modify this policy as
necessary. Please see Links Section of this website to connect to
applicable laws governing our existence and conduct.
What We Are/What We Do:
APSCREEN is a subscriber-based consumer reporting agency,
providing end-user only consumer reports and/or investigative
consumer reports to qualified subscribers for legitimate
business purposes as defined by applicable federal, state and
local privacy and reporting statutes. Most of the generally
applicable statutes can be found by selecting any of the links,
below:
INVESTIGATIVE CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES ACT (CALIFORNA): http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=civ&group=01001-02000&file=1786.10-1786.40
CALIFORNIA LABOR CODE 430-435: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=lab&group=00001-01000&file=430-435
CALIFORNIA SB 909 http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0901-0950/sb_909_bill_20100127_introduced.html
FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT: http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/031224fcra.pdf
FAIR AND ACCURATE CREDIT TRANSACTIONS ACT: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-108publ159/pdf/PLAW-108publ159.pdf
GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY ACT: http://www.ftc.gov/privacy/glbact/glbsub1.htm
For additional information regarding specific limitations or
applications, please contact APSCREEN’s Compliance Department
at: compliance@apscreen.com
Collection of Information:
Information collected by APSCREEN's
end-users and transmitted electronically, by facsimile or by the
U.S. Postal Service to us is used solely for the purpose of providing
reporting services to our end-user subscribers. Information provided
to us by you will not be shared with any third-party outside of
the consent you have given in the APSCREEN Notice To Consumer Consent Form that you
signed when you authorized your prospective employer, landlord,
or credit grantor to procure a Consumer Report or Investigative
Consumer Report for purposes of determining or qualifying your prospective
candidacy or other eligibility.
Personally Identifiable Information:
The information requested and provided by you likely includes name,
address, telephone number, date of birth, social security number,
motor vehicle operator’s license number, professional license information,
employment history, education and other credentials. All data is
collected, stored and delivered in compliance with applicable federal,
state and local laws.
Use of Your Information:
APSCREEN only conveys
or transfers specifically applicable information to our partners
as required to complete their development of information with regard
to the preparation of the Consumer Report or Investigative Consumer
Report requested by our end-user subscribers. APSCREEN otherwise discloses
information only as pursuant to law or your consent and does not
sell, rent or otherwise disclose user information to anyone not
authorized by law or your consent.
Personal Information Disclosure United States or Overseas:
APSCREEN does not
transfer your personal information outside of the United States,
and maintains a strict policy that our partners SHALL NOT transfer,
transmit or otherwise convey your information to anyone outside
of the United States, unless that transfer is in accordance with
your consent to develop information outside of the United States
as required by our end-user subscriber with regard to your candidacy
or eligibility. APSCREEN maintains active membership in the CONCERNED CRA’s trade association
in order to stay abreast of off-shoring threats.
Additional National Security Safeguards – CCR/ORCA vs. USDOC Safe
Harbor:
With regard to the acquisition of information outside of the United
States, APSCREEN uses
only reputable and well-known industry sources to procure and validate
said information and monitors the conveyance of said information
and any validating personal information under the guidelines and
auspices of our current registration as a Government Contractor
which exceeds the U.S Dept. of Commerce “Safe Harbor” provisions
since our registration as a government and MILSPEC contractor requires
elevated national security certifications.
Please verify our CCR status and our ORCA Certification here (use DUNS # 784151586)
http://1.usa.gov/28Mp8Wc
Integrity of Information and Public Record Reporting Standard:
In keeping with FCRA Section 613, APSCREEN only provides information that is complete
and up to date with regard to information reported for employment
screening purposes to our end-user subscribers.
APSCREEN’s End-User
and non-Public Information Vendor Responsibility:
APSCREEN requires
(contractually) of its subscriber end-users and non-Public record
vendors to maintain “Access Security Requirements” to a Credit Bureau
Standard for all information not just personally identifiable information,
a standard the we have determined as the oldest firm of our kind
in the United States (Since 1980) to be above all other industry
association standards with regard to security of personal information.
As a Certified Reseller of the Three major Credit Bureaus, namely
EXPERIAN, EQUIFAX and TRANSUNION, APSCREEN is required to maintain their “Access Security”
requirements to an audit standard, as well; and thus imposes the
same standard on our end-user subscribers and non-Public information
vendors in order to ensure to a reasonable, pass-through compliance
standard at all stages of the processing of Consumer Reports and/or
Investigative Consumer Reports for our end-user subscribers.
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Internet Privacy Policy
Our postal address is
PO Box 80639
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
We can be reached via email at webmaster@APSCREEN.com
or you can reach us by telephone at 800 277-2733
For each visitor to our Web page, our Web server automatically recognizes
only the consumer's domain name, but not the email address (where
possible).
We collect only the domain name, but not the email address of visitors
to our Web page, the email addresses of those who communicate with
us via email, aggregate information on what pages consumers access
or visit, user-specific information on what pages consumers access
or visit, information volunteered by the consumer, such as survey
information and/or site registrations.
The information we collect is used to improve the content of our
Web page, used to customize the content and/or layout of our page
for each individual visitor, used to notify consumers about updates
to our Web site, and used by us to contact consumers for marketing
purposes.
With respect to cookies: We use cookies to record user-specific
information on what pages users access or visit, record past activity
at a site in order to provide better service when visitors return
to our site.
If you do not want to receive email from us in the future, please
let us know by sending us email at the above address, calling us
at the above telephone number, writing to us at the above address.
If you supply us with your postal address on-line you may receive
periodic mailings from us with information on new products and services
or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such mailings,
please let us know by calling us at the number provided above, emailing
us at the above address, writing to us at the above address. Please
provide us with your exact name and address. We will be sure your
name is removed from our list.
We do not provide or resell customer information for any reason.
Persons who supply us with their telephone numbers on-line may receive
telephone contact from us with information regarding new products
and services or upcoming events. If you do not wish to receive such
telephone calls, please let us know by sending us email at the above
address, calling us at the above telephone number, writing to us
at the above address. Please provide us with your name and phone
number. We will be sure your name is removed from our list.
With respect to Ad Servers: We do not partner with or have special
relationships with any ad server companies.
From time to time, we may use customer information for new, unanticipated
uses not previously disclosed in our privacy notice. If our information
practices change at some time in the future we will contact you
before we use your data for these new purposes to notify you of
the policy change and to provide you with the ability to opt out
of these new uses.
Customers may prevent their information from being used for purposes
other than those for which it was originally collected by emailing
us at the above address, calling us at the above telephone number,
writing to us at the above address.
Upon request we provide site visitors with access to contact information
(e.g., name, address, phone number) that we maintain about them.
Consumers can access this information by email at the above address,
or writing to us at the above address. Upon request we offer visitors
the ability to have inaccuracies corrected in contact information.
Consumers can have this information corrected by sending us an email
at the above address, calling us at the above telephone number,
or writing to us at the above address. With respect to security:
and we do not collect any sensitive or proprietary data requiring
security.
If you feel that this site is not following its stated information
policy, you may contact us at the above addresses or phone number,
The Federal Trade Commission by phone at 202.FTC-HELP (202.382.4357)
or electronically at http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm.