so we compiled a manual for the employees of social intelligence corp. o actually do that work so that employers never sees the information that they're not allowed to consider. and then we set about trying to figure out how social intelligence could comply with the fair credit reporting act. the definition of consumer reporting agency is so broad in the fair credit reporting act that it applied to what his company was planning to do. and there was really no way around it. so we started working together to figure out how this law that was written over the long time ago without any of what this company is doing in mind, how we could comply with the. there were things in the statute, and by the way, do you ever have trouble sleeping? fair credit reporting act, i highly recommend reading it. it's brutal, it can be brutal at once. it cross-references, unicom it's got definitions, and very broad definitions. so we decided that it did apply and set about trying to figure out how we could put this manual together. and we did and geoff and i were talking last nig

we also have geoff andrews, he is the chief operating officer of social intelligence corps. has a background in technology and data with several companies, including steelcard, which ultimately got bought by choice point, and before that price waterhouse coopers. finally, we have renee jackson, an associate with peabody in san francisco, approaching the same topic from the employment law context with the specific expertise again at the intersection of social media, technology, and the law. without further ado i will pass it to patricia. i see my role here today as not only facilitating conversation, but kind of framing the issue. this is a big issue with a lot of sub-issues going on. for the next 10 minutes or so i will present the argument, the issues, the salient points from the employer side and employees side to them kind of create a background for a case study that will be presented by my coat panelists. let's first note that this panel is narrowly focused on the process for hiring or the dial of employment. so, we are covering everything from employer access to employe