Meshack

This is nothing new. Background checks have been happening for many years. It's now coming to light because of the Data Privacy Act.

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On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 9:48 AM meshack emakunat via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Hello 

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.

Question:
  1.  Is this morally right that two companies can trade information (Private) for jobs?
  2.  Does it mean that this company literally buying private information about its employees to guarantee their retention? 
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