The Chicago City Council Wednesday passed ride-hailing regulations that exclude fingerprint checks after an alderman removed the fingerprint requirement when Uber and Lyft threatened to leave the city. Agreeing to fingerprint checks, as Uber did in Houston, slows the pace of hiring and increases pickup times. Fingerprint checks, which are run through the FBI's national database, can take a few days longer. Rhode Island on Saturday passed regulations without fingerprint checks, which also are under consideration in Atlanta and the states of New Jersey, California and Massachusetts. Private background checks have improved but FBI records may lack data on whether a person was convicted of a crime.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 22, 2016 18:00 UTC