> how long can companies access this kind of record? Until you get your record expunged, assuming you can (some states, e.g. Washington, make that impossible).

> how long can companies access this kind of record? Until you get your record expunged, assuming you can (some states, e.g. Washington, make that impossible). It's not like a credit report there's no 7 year filter on what shows up in a background check. > Isn't it unacceptable to discriminate candidates based on something that has nothing to do with the qualification for a job? Unacceptable, or illegal? It's [mostly] only illegal to discriminate against a protected class, everything else is fair game. Whether it is acceptable is an opinion.