Human Trafficking

Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking

RiskAware certifies that it does not engage in human rights violations and complies with laws applicable to modern slavery and human trafficking.

RiskAware’s Modern Slavery Warranty

RiskAware commits to a work environment that is free from human trafficking and slavery, which for purposes of this policy includes forced labor and unlawful child labor.  RiskAware will not tolerate or condone human trafficking or slavery in any part of our organization and maintains the highest ethical standards when prioritizing and preserving the dignity of others throughout our operations.   Our company stands for human and employee rights, and against all forms of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, including child labor, employee bondage, servitude, forced or indentured labor, and we certify that under no circumstance does our company engage in human rights violations, including those imposed by modern slavery or human trafficking.  

RiskAware certifies our compliance with applicable modern slavery and human trafficking regulations that affects our business.  In addition, RiskAware takes steps to assure our current vendors and supply chain partners likewise reject slavery and human trafficking within their operations.  These steps include our due diligence to observing and/or obtaining our vendor’s certifications for maintaining Ethics Policies that protect against Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, and our employee training to help build our leadership recognition of human rights violations and how to document and address them in our business practices.

RiskAware’s Process for Handling Requests from Victims of Human Trafficking

To comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and demonstrate our support for victims of Human Trafficking, RiskAware is committed to assisting victims of human trafficking with removing properly documented adverse items of information from our reporting when that information occurred because of human trafficking. 

If you have been the subject of a RiskAware Consumer Report, are a victim of Human Trafficking, and have adverse item(s) of information were included in our reporting that are the result of your human trafficking, you may follow the below procedure for contacting RiskAware to request our block on that information and removal from our report.

How To Request a Block Of Information In Your RiskAware Report:

The FCRA requires that any victim of human trafficking who wishes to block adverse item(s) of information that occurred because of human trafficking must submit the following information:

The trafficking documentation must contain:

1. The “Victim Determination” Letter or Document – “Victim Determination” generally means a letter or a document issued by an authorized entity, on their letterhead, that indicates an official determination that you, our consumer subject of RiskAware’s report, is a victim of human trafficking. 

Entities Authorized to Provide Victim Determination Documentation:

• A Federal, State, or Tribal governmental entity including the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) Grant Recipient.  Federal, state, and tribal governments; or members of a human trafficking task forces authorized by a federal, state, or tribal government, are permitted to determine and document human trafficking victims and adverse information. 
• A court of competent jurisdiction or a document filed in court identifying the consumer as a Human Trafficking Victim, may also make the determination. 
• A non-governmental organization or human trafficking task force, including victim service providers who are affiliated with these entities, and as authorized by a Federal, State, or Tribal government entity can make a determination identifying victims of a severe forms of trafficking and/or sex trafficking.
• A self-attestation by you, the consumer identifying you as a victim of trafficking that is signed or certified by a Federal, State, or Tribal government entity, court of competent jurisdiction, or an authorized representative of these entities, attesting that you are a victim of a severe form of trafficking and/or sex trafficking. Your statement must be signed by the individual and by an authorized NGO or other authorized entity.
• Submission of Proof of Your Identity:  The law requires any consumer who is a victim of human trafficking to include with their documentation submission, the appropriate proof of identity when requesting a block of adverse items of information that resulted from human

trafficking.   RiskAware will accept government issued identity documentation or non-government provided proof of identity that you or a Federal, State, or OTIP authorized entity may possess to establish proof of your identity. 

Please submit as your proof of identification the below types of documents:

a. Government issued documents that help us match your identity to our reporting information.  This includes government identification documents that show your full name (first, middle initial, last, suffix) such as a drivers license or passport, any other or previously names used, your full date of birth such as a birth certificate, your nine digits Social Security Number ID Card, or another government issued ID.

b. Any additional non-government documentary proofs of identity you can offer including utility bills, lease documents, and/or other methods you can provide us with to authenticate your identity.

• Identification of the Adverse Item(s) of Information You Would Like Blocked from Your Report:

In addition to providing victim determination documentation and proof of identity, the you  must specifically identify items of adverse information that RiskAware must remove or should not report on in our Consumer Background Check Report, because they were the result of a severe form of trafficking or sex trafficking.  This may consist of a statement on what information you are requesting to be blocked. 

• Your Preferred method of contact (e.g., mail, email, phone). In addition to the above, you must also provide us with your preferred method of contact whether that may be electronically in writing by email, text, verbally by phone, by US Mail, or through your designated representative if applicable. Once we are informed of your preferred method of contact, RiskAware’s team members will direct our contact and follow up with your through that contact method. 

Ways to Send Your Documentation to RiskAware:

If you are a victim of human trafficking, once you have gathered the required information above and are ready to submit your request to RiskAware, here are the contact methods for reaching RiskAware and providing us with your request and documents:

• Contact us By Phone at Our National Toll Free Number: 1-877-552-8907 Press 10
• Send us a Toll Free Fax at:  1-866-925-1614
• Reach us through our Website “Contact Us” Form:  www.riskaware.com
• Email a request to us at:   bgchecks@riskaware.com
• Mail your documentation to our corporate offices at either of the two below locations:  

RiskAware, LLC.

Attn: Director of Background Check Operations

8170 Corporate Park Drive, #144

Cincinnati, OH 45212

Or

RiskAware, LLC.

Attn: Director of Background Check Operations

PO Box 14071

Columbus, OH 43214-9998

• Complete an Online Form by following this link:  https://report.myredflag.com/reporter/add/report/348

All submissions are handled by RiskAware’s Operations Department. You may check on the status of your submission by contacting RiskAware’s Applicant Services for Human Trafficking at 877-552-8907 Press 10. 

RiskAware’s Process for Blocking Adverse Item(s) of Information

Once you have submitted your request to RiskAware, you will be assigned a case manager, and your identified adverse items of information will be blocked within four (4) days.   If there is information, we need from you to continue with or to complete the request, your case manager will notify you within five (5) days from your submission if any additional information is required. 

RiskAware expects to make a final determination on your request within twenty-five (25) days from the date of your submission and will work actively with you during that period, contacting you using the contact method you request.  During this period, we will work with you to ensure your documentation is complete and we can make a final determination to block or sustain the block on your identified adverse item(s) of information. You will be notified within five (5) days of RiskAware’s final determination if:  1)  The information you have submitted in the process allows us to maintain the block on your identified adverse item(s) of information or 2)  We were unable to work successfully  with you or your representative to obtain the documentation required by law, and must therefore rescind the block.