HireRight Solutions of Tulsa, OK, a well-known employment screening company used by countless trucking companies, has agreed to pay a $2.6 million penalty for numerous violations under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. HireRight settled on Aug. 8, the same day the complaint was filed.
Mitchell J. Katz, senior public affairs specialist at the Federal Trade Commission, told Land Line that “thousands” of consumers were affected because of inaccuracies on their criminal background reports, commonly referred to in the trucking industry as DAC reports.
