Can you get your fingerprints removed from the FBI database?
<p>Can you get your fingerprints removed from the FBI database after a background check? The FBI website says, &quot;NGI will remove the retained civil fingerprints should the submitting agency request removal, or removal is required by court order.&quot; Is there a way to do this as a regular Joe who had a simple background check done?</p>

<p><strong>Is there a way to do this as a regular Joe who had a simple background check done?</strong></p>
<p>Apparently not...</p>
<blockquote>
<p>It is important to note that this retention and searching of civil
fingerprints is authorized only for those individuals whose
employment, license, or other benefit requires that the individual not
commit a prohibited criminal action. Moreover, these individuals are
provided with a Privacy Act statement and other actual notices
regarding the retention and searching of their fingerprints.</p>
<p>[...]</p>
<p>...NGI retains the civil fingerprints after completion of the
noncriminal justice background check. The fingerprints are retained
regardless of whether there is any match to criminal history
information. When the civil fingerprints are submitted for retention
in NGI, the fingerprints are searched against the existing civil,
criminal, and unsolved latent files. Latent fingerprints are
fingerprints collected from locations or property associated with
criminal or national security investigations. Likewise, once civil
fingerprints are retained in NGI, all incoming civil and criminal
fingerprints will cascade against those fingerprints, and latent
fingerprint contributors may choose to have their latent fingerprints
cascade as well. NGI will remove the retained civil fingerprints
should the submitting agency request removal, or removal is required
by court order.</p>
<p>This retention and searching of the civil fingerprints provides, in
effect, <strong>an “ongoing” background check</strong> that permits employers,
licensors, and other authorized entities to learn of criminal conduct
by a trusted individual, unless the contributor does not subscribe to
a rap back service. It eliminates the need for periodic rescreening of
the individual and the resubmission of fingerprints.</p>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="https://www.fbi.gov/services/information-management/foipa/privacy-impact-assessments/next-generation-identification-ngi-retention-and-searching-of-noncriminal-justice-fingerprint-submissions" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.fbi.gov/services/information-management/foipa/privacy-impact-assessments/next-generation-identification-ngi-retention-and-searching-of-noncriminal-justice-fingerprint-submissions</a></p>

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