There are many uses for a background check online.
Some people use them to check out their creepy neighbors, and some people use it to check out themselves or other people they know just for fun.
The majority of people don't know that you can actually run a background check on yourself very easily on the internet.
It's not just employers and police detectives that can get the dirt on you.
It's anyone! Not even 10 years ago, in order to run a check on someone you would have to literally go to 15 different agencies and city halls to gather what's considered "public information.
" Talk about a hassle.
Not only would it take you all these trips to get any information, but there was a good chance you were only getting 70% of the information you needed.
These days, after paying an extremely small fee, you have access to a complete database that gives an enormous amount of extremely personal information on just about anyone in the US.
Still wondering if that time you got taken in to the jail house is going to show up? Or if that minor in possession of alcohol is going to show up from when you were a minor? Basically anything that you have done will show up among some other personal information.
This information includes addresses, birth dates, previous addresses, any property records you own, and anything you've been convicted of in court.
Pretty crazy knowing all your information is out there in the open.
I guess it's a good thing not many people know about it yet!