What's Included in an Adverse Media Check?

## What's included in the search? The adverse media dataset is a state of the art, real-time structured data feed of companies and individuals subject to adverse media. Monitoring thousands of news sources, business and trade journals, in addition to local, regional and national newspapers, the adverse media feed isolates and highlights any entities subject to a range of adverse media. The adverse media is categorised by risk type, and encompasses media relating to accusations, arrest, trial and exoneration. Risk type includes a granular breakdown into 8 categories, which cover all FATF, or EU Money Laundering Directive, predicate offences. Adverse media profiles are enhanced by additional identifying information (location; media text; date of birth, publication date) when available. ## Do false positives appear on an adverse media check? Yes. The candidate's name is the primary search input for an adverse media check, but it is combined with other personal identifying information such as date of birth and country/location where available to help filter out false positives. It is not purely a name match. Because identifiers can still be limited, false positives can appear, so you must assess whether a match is your candidate first. ## What is the source of the search? Zinc is partnered with Entrust, a best in class solution for the search. ## What identifiers are used on the adverse media check? Full name, date of birth and location. ## Can I see all of the lists that are checked? We cannot share a full list unfortunately since that's not offered by our partner due to the frequency of sources changing. ## Are previous names or name changes included? Adverse media checks are run using the candidate details captured for the adverse media check, with the candidate's current legal name as the main name searched. Recruiters cannot self-serve add another previous name or alias to an already-run adverse media check.