Candidate Consent & Authorization
No search runs without your signed consent. Here's exactly what that consent covers, how it's recorded, and how to withdraw it.
Last updated: June 10, 2026
Consent comes first
Every Quality Screening Reports background check requires the candidate’s signed consent before any search begins, without exception. Consent is captured against each individual order, not as a blanket authorization: agreeing to be screened for one role does not authorize future checks.
What you’re consenting to
Your consent is scoped to the specific checks the employer has ordered, for example, a criminal record check, employment verification, or reference check. For sensitive checks, such as a criminal record check or a credit file check, we ask for your express consent to that specific check. You are entitled to know which checks are on your order: ask the employer who requested the screening, or contact us at support@qualityscreeningreports.com and we’ll confirm.
How consent is captured and stored
Your signed authorization is collected before the order proceeds and is kept on file with the order as an audit-ready record. This means that for every report we deliver, we can show exactly what was consented to, by whom, and when.
Checks that need specific authorization
Some checks carry their own authorization requirements beyond general consent:
- Credit file (employment-permissible): requires your specific written authorization and is ordered only where it’s relevant to the role. It’s an employment-purpose inquiry: it never includes a credit score, and it does not affect your credit score.
- Driver’s abstract: obtained from the provincial registry and subject to that province’s authorization requirements.
- Vulnerable sector check: can only be processed through your local police service; we cannot run one directly. If a role requires it, we’ll guide you through what the police service needs.
Withdrawing consent
You may withdraw your consent at any time by emailing support@qualityscreeningreports.com. When you do, any searches still in progress are stopped and the requesting employer is informed that the screening was not completed. If a report has already been delivered, withdrawal doesn’t recall it, but you can request access to it and dispute anything you believe is inaccurate through our dispute and correction process.
Not sure the request is real?
If you’ve received a screening request and want to confirm it genuinely came from Quality Screening Reports, our verification page explains how to check in two minutes, including the email domains we use and what we will never ask you for.
Questions
For any question about consent, whether what’s on your order, how your authorization is stored, or how to withdraw, contact our support team at support@qualityscreeningreports.com.
Related policies
- Privacy PolicyWhat personal information we collect, why, who sees it, the rights candidates have over it, and the limits consumer reporting law places on what a report can contain.
- Terms of ServiceThe terms that govern use of the Quality Screening Reports website and our screening services, including the legal obligations employers take on when ordering reports.
- Data Retention PolicyHow long screening records are kept (up to seven years for reports and consent records), why, and how they're securely destroyed afterwards.
- Security PracticesThe safeguards protecting screening data: encryption, role-based access, audit trails, and North American residency.
- Disputes & CorrectionsHow candidates can dispute information in a report, our acknowledgement and reinvestigation timelines, and the possible outcomes.
- AccessibilityOur commitment to an accessible website and how to report a barrier.