In simple words; it is the process of obtaining public information about an individual.
It is usually done to verify a potential roommate, find an old friend, or even check a potential date.
Employment background checks are different from public background checks. Employment
background checks may include a person’s employment history as well as credit history. A
public background check aggregates pieces of information about an individual which are 100%
free and public. Free Public Background Checks are used to obtain a full report about a
persons’s public record. This includes but to limited to: Current and previous email addresses,
emails, residential addresses, previous and current employers, arrest records, court records,
driving records, divorce records, birth records, financial assets, unclaimed money records and much more.