Download a background-check report — full vs privacy-safe

Use the full password-protectable report (with personal details) for compliance, or the brief summary with identifiers stripped for everyday files.

There is no public share link for a consumer report. VolunteerBadge will not email a background-check report to anyone. What your organization can do is download a PDF from the volunteer's profile: either the full report (with personal details) or a brief summary with identifiers stripped.

Open the volunteer's profile and click the green “Download Report PDF” button. The menu offers three files:

Artifact	Personal details	Records	Password	Shareable	Who it is for
Full report — all details	Yes — name, date of birth, contact info, address, SSN last 4, ID photos, application answers	Yes — the complete compliance document	Optional org password	No — download only; never emailed by VolunteerBadge	Your compliance file and any adverse-action notice
Brief summary — no personal info	Name only — other identifiers stripped	Pass/fail only — no case details	Never locked	No public link — safe to keep on your own drive	Everyday proof a volunteer was screened
Screening Scope	Org PDF: none. Volunteer certificate: first name + last initial	None — what was searched, never records	Never locked	Volunteer certificate (self-pay) can be linked or emailed	Proving search coverage, not results

With personal details (full report)

This is the official compliance document. It includes legal name, date of birth, email, phone, home address, SSN last 4, ID photos and selfie, application answers, address history, live named-source coverage (DEEP on known addresses, WIDE everywhere else), the Screening Scope appendix, and the FCRA notice. If you have set an organization Report PDF password (Settings → Screening), it is required to open this file. Attach this copy — not the brief summary — to any adverse-action notice, and keep it in a secure, access-controlled location.

Without personal details (brief summary)

A one- to two-page privacy-safe record. Stripped: date of birth, email, phone, home address, SSN, ID-document fields, biometric photos, application answers, address history, device or location signals, and the named-source coverage appendix. Kept: the volunteer's name, the pass/fail result (All Clear vs Records Found), the identity-verified assertion, and the FCRA notice. The UI label “no personal info” means identifiers beyond the name — the name still appears. This file is never password-protected, so it is safe to store on your own drive when you do not want personal data sitting in everyday files.

When to use which

Full report — your compliance file, and the document you attach during adverse action (with the CFPB Summary of Rights).
Brief summary — board packets, shared drives, or everyday record-keeping when you only need proof the person was screened.
Screening Scope — showing what was searched, with no records and no charges. See Your Screening Scope Certificate.

What a volunteer can share

A volunteer can share their badge (status and valid-through date only) and — after a self-funded screening — a Screening Scope Certificate (public /c/… link or email). Their full report stays download-only in the volunteer portal. VolunteerBadge will not email it to your organization — or anyone else — on their behalf. Organizations that need a privacy-safe file of their own check should download the brief summary from the volunteer profile, not ask the volunteer to forward a report.

A check run for one organization cannot become another organization's record. Under the FCRA, each organization runs its own $5 check on its own authorization.

Instant and direct checks

Instant (direct) checks have a single Download PDF — the full report, including personal details and the DEEP/WIDE coverage appendix. There is no brief / privacy-safe variant on that page today. Use Screening Scope on the check (the button next to “Show me around”) when you need proof of what was searched without records.

Do not email the full consumer report

Treat the full report as confidential. Do not email it, post it, or store it on an open drive. Keep it access-controlled. Use the brief summary when you need a file that can sit in everyday records without dates of birth, addresses, or ID images.