Adam Safeguard & Inquiry Systems, Inc.

Privacy Policy

 Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information.  As a consumer reporting agency governed by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) among other applicable state and federal laws, Adam Safeguard is committed to protecting your privacy.

This Privacy Policy covers Adam Safeguard’s web site, and Adam Safeguard’s practices for handling personal information provided to Adam Safeguard over the Internet by the general public using Adam Safeguard’s publicly available web site.

This Policy also covers personal information provided by Adam Safeguard’s clients (as well as other individuals who have given their written authorization for Adam Safeguard’s clients to conduct a background investigation on them), using Adam Safeguard’s online background screening platform that is accessible only through an access-restricted portion of Adam Safeguard’s web site. Adam Safeguard will collect, store, and use personally identifiable information only in compliance with applicable laws, including the FCRA.

• Adam Safeguard collects personally identifiable information from you only if you choose to provide this information to us for the purpose of background screening services.
• We will collect and use of personal information solely with the objective of fulfilling this purposes specified.
• Adam Safeguard does not sell or rent personal information to third parties. Adam Safeguard will not disclose your personal  information to a third party without your permission, except in connection with performing your background screening.
• When Adam Safeguard conducts a background screening about you, Adam Safeguard will disclose information that you submit through this web site to the educational facility/employer that requested you to complete the background screening.
• Adam Safeguard also may disclose your information to certain third parties as necessary to conduct the background investigation (such as educational institutions, prior employers, courts, law enforcement agencies and other persons or entities that may provide or verify information about you), as well as to a third-party representative or subcontractor authorized by Adam Safeguard to assist in the background screening investigation. These third party representatives and subcontractors include companies that help host or support the web site or otherwise provide technical assistance, court researchers and other data and service vendors. Adam Safeguard provides these supplies only the information they need to complete the investigative process for the requested product or service. Adam Safeguard prohibits these third parties from using that information for any other purpose. Adam Safeguard requires that these parties maintain reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality of your information.
• We utilize Secure Socket Layer (SSL) data encryption when data is transmitted over the Internet to our web site. We have installed layered firewalls and other security technologies to help prevent unauthorized access to our systems. Strong password protection protocols are used on our computers, and employees are kept up-to-date on our security and privacy policies. The servers used to store consumer information are maintained in a secure environment with appropriate security measures.

We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.