Meshack:<div><br></div><div>I agree with Ali! It’s been happening and yes the Data Privacy Act is forcing employers to disclose and obtain consent! This isn’t a bad thing.  In the US my second home even to get a tenancy agreement, background and CRB checks are mandatory, leave alone employment! </div><div><br></div><div>Baraka,</div><div>Maria</div><div><br>On Friday, January 17, 2020, Ali Hussein via kictanet &lt;<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Meshack</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">This is nothing new. Background checks have been happening for many years. It&#39;s now coming to light because of the Data Privacy Act.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Regards</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali
Hussein</font></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>T<font size="2">el: +254 713 60<font size="2">1113</font></font><br></span></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span>Twitter: @AliHKassim</span><span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif">

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<span style="font-family:&quot;Baskerville Old Face&quot;,serif"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 9:48 AM meshack emakunat via kictanet &lt;<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10px"><div dir="ltr">Hello </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">A colleague of mine has just been given several consent forms to sign from HR. They pertain to allowing a company called Peleza to investigate her background.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Question:</div><div dir="ltr"><ol><li> Is this morally right that two companies can trade information (Private) for jobs?</li><li> Does it mean that this company literally buying private information about its employees to guarantee their retention? </li></ol></div></div></div>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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