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The updated terms make explicit that requesting a background check through Gusto creates a legally binding agreement not just with Gusto but also incorporating terms from Gusto's payroll service and Checkr's service agreement. This means customers are committing to multiple overlapping sets of terms when they initiate a background check request. The change does not appear to alter the substantive rights or obligations, but rather clarifies their scope and binding nature in writing.
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Client may permit its employees, agents, contractors and service providers to access the Services and Output on Client's behalf ("Permitted Users"), provided that Client remains responsible for their compliance...
if your authorization from that user expires or is revoked, you will immediately stop accessing or acting under that user's account.
Authorized Users may not make their individual accounts accessible to other Customer personnel or to third parties
"by inviting an Accountant Administrator to create an Administrator Profile within the Employer Account, Employer is authorizing such Accountant Administrator to act as an authorized representative of the Employer Account...Excerpt from Gusto's Terms of Service
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The clause states: “by inviting an Accountant Administrator to create an Administrator Profile within the Employer Account, Employer is authorizing such Accountant Administrator to act as an authorized representative of the Employer Account...”
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