Data Facts Background Check Errors

If a Data Facts background check is standing between you and a job, an inaccurate report is not something you have to accept. Data Facts is a consumer reporting agency under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), so you can see what it reports and force it to correct mistakes. You can learn more on our Employment Background Checks page.

What is Data Facts?

Data Facts is a background-screening company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. It provides criminal, employment, and identity screening to employers (and also offers lending-verification services) and reports as a consumer reporting agency under the FCRA.

How to contact Data Facts

You can request your report and file a dispute directly:

• Company: Data Facts, Memphis, TN
• Website: datafacts.com (consumer / applicant portal)
• Request: ask for a copy of your report and dispute errors through Data Facts

Confirm the current dispute address on your report before mailing anything, and keep copies of what you send.

Common Data Facts errors we see

• A criminal record matched to you because you share a name or date of birth
• Expunged, sealed, or dismissed cases still showing as open or as convictions
• The same case reported more than once
• A charge reported as a conviction, or a misdemeanor reported as a felony
• Records reported beyond the FCRA's limits (generally seven years for certain older items)
• Incorrect personal information — wrong name, address, or Social Security number

How a Data Facts error hurts you

A single inaccurate entry can cost you a conditional job offer. The FCRA gives you the right to see the report and dispute it before you lose the job.

Data Facts's track record with regulators

Data Facts operates in a screening industry under steady FCRA scrutiny.

Data Facts appears on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's public list of consumer reporting companies, and background-screening companies have repeatedly faced Fair Credit Reporting Act complaints over inaccurate reports. Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. If your Data Facts report is inaccurate, that supports demanding a correction.

Your rights under the Fair Credit Reporting Act

Data Facts must follow the FCRA. It must use reasonable procedures to assure maximum possible accuracy (§1681e(b)); it must reinvestigate disputes (§1681i); public-record information reported for employment must be current and complete (§1681k); and before an employer rejects you, it must give you the report and a summary of rights (§1681b(b)(3) pre-adverse-action).

How to dispute a Data Facts background check

1. Ask the employer for the copy of the report and summary of rights they must provide.
2. Identify every inaccuracy and gather proof — court dispositions, expungement orders, ID.
3. Dispute in writing to Data Facts, enclosing copies and keeping a dated record.
4. Ask the employer to hold the decision while the dispute is investigated.
5. If it is not corrected, or the report already cost you the job, contact an FCRA attorney.

This information is general and is not legal advice for your specific situation.

Did an inaccurate Data Facts background check cost you a job?

Employment background reports are consumer reports under the FCRA, and Data Facts has to follow strict accuracy rules. When a report is wrong and it costs you a job, you may be entitled to money damages — and our review is free.

How The Kim Law Firm helps

We are consumer-protection lawyers who handle FCRA cases nationwide. We help people whose Data Facts report is inaccurate — wrong person, expunged records, outdated or duplicated cases. We do not help people trying to hide accurate records. If your report is wrong, we pursue the correction and any damages, and you do not pay unless we win.

Frequently asked questions

How do I dispute a Data Facts background check?

Get the report from the employer or Data Facts, identify the errors, and dispute them in writing with documents. If it is not fixed, an FCRA attorney can help.

Can I sue Data Facts for a background check error?

Possibly. If Data Facts reported inaccurate information or ignored the FCRA's adverse-action rules and you were harmed, you may have a claim.

What if the report already cost me the job?

That concrete harm is what the FCRA addresses. Keep the paperwork and contact us.

Is the case review really free?

Yes. Wherever you are located, we can help, and you pay nothing unless we win.