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> California cannot go back further than seven years on a background check and cannot ask about convictions more than seven years ago.

No business is going to reasonably follow this. They use all sorts of background check services so an arbitrary number means nothing to them.

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Actually, the background check company specifically cannot pass along convictions wherein the end of the sentence was more than seven years ago. If you read a HireRight report, it specifically mentions this. Any background check provider that supplies convictions older than seven years is liable under FCRA (with a few exceptions), and in California, you are entitled to your report after it is completed. You can connect the dots yourself.

There are numerous data collection companies and they're definitely not all following the rules on background checks.

Ever heard of conflicting information on reports between credit bureaus?

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