WARNING … the Five Brothers website vendor application link is NOT https protected.
The encryption within HTTPS is intended to provide benefits like confidentiality, integrity and identity. With https, your information remains confidential from prying eyes because only your browser and the server can decrypt the traffic. Integrity protects the data from being modified without your knowledge.
When you provide your SSN and other confidential information on a web link that is not https protected, you are taking a risk that your information will not be protected from prying eyes.
Five Brothers does NOT disclose in their online vendor application that they charge the applicant a fee for a background check. About 99.9% of all field service firms do NOT charge for a background check.
The authorization to provide a background check must also be a signed authorization.

