Employment Law Clinic Says “No” to Sale of Criminal Records in Bulk

Sue Altmeyer, Electronic Services Librarian, sue.altmeyer@law.csuohio.edu | January 17, 2008 – 14:36

Cleveland Marshall’s Employment Law Clinic told the Ohio Supreme Court that a proposed rule allowing Ohio courts to sell records in bulk would have a negative impact on job-seekers whose records were expunged. The Clinic’s comments were written by law student Thomas Fitzpatrick under the supervision of Clinical Professor Gordon J. Beggs. The comments state that a background check company that buys the court records may not update the records for later expungements. Bulk sales of records should be disallowed, said the Clinic, unless adequate safeguards can be made to ensure that background check companies keep up-to-date records.

See our prior post: Groups Weigh In on Proposed Ohio Court Record Privacy Rules