Myth #5 -> You Can't Ask For Date of Birth -- The Integrity Center, Inc. -

Myth # 5
You can't ask for
Date of Birth (DOB).
This is simply not true. There are a few peculiar state and municipal laws around the U.S. which are concerned with DOB, but they are very rare.

What you CANNOT do is use DOB or age as a factor in determining whether or not you will hire someone.

However, many records (eg: criminal conviction histories, or personal credit histories) are kept or indexed using DOB. To locate the proper record, the courts and credit bureaus require that you have the full date of birth.

COMMON
MYTHS

MYTH # 1
The FCRA does not
apply to all
situations.

MYTH # 2
You don't need a
Release to investigate
current employees.

MYTH # 3
It is legal to use
stored database info
for employment
purposes.

MYTH # 4
Background checking
companies don't need
to be licensed.

MYTH # 5
You can't ask for
Date of Birth.

MYTH # 6
Conviction histories
can only look back
seven (7) years.

MYTH # 7
It is possible to
buy a NATIONAL
criminal history.

MYTH # 8
All SSN verifications
are the same.