System and Method for Providing Access to Verified Personal Background Data

Abstract

Access to verified personal background data is provided in the form of an electronic document that includes a data record having personal background data and corresponding verification information as well as an electronic authentication of the contents of the data record. The data record is associated with a unique identifier. The electronic document may be distributed over a communication network to a person providing the identifier.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of providing access to a candidate's personal background data according to the specification. 
     
     
         2 . A system for providing access to a candidate's personal background data according to the specification. 
     
     
         3 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied therein an electronic document according to the specification.