Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

• Contact information you provide directly, such as your name and email address when you join the waitlist, request information, or create an account.
• Candidate and screening informationsubmitted by employer customers or candidates through the platform once live — including name, date of birth, Social Security number, address history, and other identifiers required to conduct a background check under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”).
• Usage data collected automatically, such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and referring URLs, typically via cookies or similar technologies.
• Payment information, processed by a third-party payment processor; PreHireBadge does not store full payment card numbers on its own servers.

2. How We Use Information

• To operate, maintain, and improve the PreHireBadge platform.
• To conduct background screening services on behalf of employer customers, strictly in accordance with the FCRA and applicable state and local law.
• To communicate with you about your account, the waitlist, or your inquiries.
• To detect, investigate, and prevent fraud, abuse, and security incidents.
• To comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Service.

We do not sell personal information. Candidate screening data is used exclusively to produce the report requested by the employer customer that initiated the check and is not used for any secondary marketing purpose.

3. How We Share Information

• Employer customers, who receive the background check reports they request on candidates who have authorized the check.
• Service providers who perform functions on our behalf, such as identity verification, payment processing, hosting, and court-record data sourcing, under contractual confidentiality obligations.
• Legal and safety purposes, where disclosure is required by law, subpoena, or court order, or necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of PreHireBadge, our users, or the public.
• Business transfers, in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, subject to standard confidentiality protections.

4. Your Rights

Depending on your state of residence, you may have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of personal information we hold about you, and to opt out of certain data uses. Candidates have specific rights under the FCRA — including the right to know when a report is being requested, to receive a copy of the report, and to dispute inaccurate information directly with the consumer reporting agency — detailed further on our FCRA Authorization page. To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the information in Section 8 below.

5. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction, including encryption of sensitive identifiers such as Social Security numbers both in transit and at rest. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Data Retention

We retain candidate screening records, disclosure and authorization forms, and adverse action correspondence for as long as necessary to comply with FCRA recordkeeping obligations and applicable statutes of limitation, and delete or de-identify information when it is no longer needed for these purposes.

7. Children's Privacy

PreHireBadge is intended for use by employers and job candidates who are at least 18 years old. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

8. Contact Us

Questions about this Privacy Policy or requests regarding your personal information can be directed to:

ScreenForge Labs, LLC
7191 Cypress Lake Drive STE 3 #1159
Fort Myers, FL 33907
privacy@prehirebadge.com

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by an updated “Last updated” date at the top of this page.