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BACKGROUND CHECK Employment Background Checks Investigative Consumer Reports: What Will Your Neighbors Say? Can an employer ask my friends and neighbors about me? Yes. Under the FCRA, a background check that includes interviews with neighbors, friends, or associates about your character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living is called an investigative consumer report. (The term investigative consumer report has a different meaning under California Law. See www.leginfo.ca.gov, Civil Code §1786.) When information about you is gathered from interviews, the FCRA requires a separate disclosure. You are also entitled to know the nature and scope of an investigative consumer report, but you have to ask. For more on how the FTC staff interprets the term investigative consumer report and other keys topics under the FCRA, visit the FTC web site www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/fcra/index.htm How to Prepare for a Background Check    [BACKGROUND CHECK] [BACKGROUND CHECK]