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Candidate is askedThe candidate is formally approached and asked to consent before a single check is run.
- We contact the candidate, explain exactly which checks are proposed and who ordered them, and record their written consent.
- Nothing runs until that consent is on file. If they decline, the order stops and we refund the checks that were never performed.
- Because consent exists, the full range is available, including the checks that legally require the candidate to authorise them.
- Families often worry this is awkward. In practice it is increasingly normal, and a candidate who agrees readily has told you something useful.
Suits families who are already in conversation with the other side.