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I found this article very interesting. The writer approached this story with the  common misconception that most background checks are intrusive. The only caveat is that the writer noted that the background check did not find the misdemeanor conviction. Many companies will miss these as its not their normal best practice.

So anyway its a good article:

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Banking/FinancialPrivacy/SecretsABackgroundCheckWontUncover.aspx