Ensuring the safety and security of your employees, company information, and business operations is essential for any modern business. Therefore, knowing who you’re hiring into your organisation is essential. Pre-employment screening measures are aimed at ensuring a safe and secure work environment while setting a foundation for good personnel security (Cpni.gov.uk, 2015). This discussion reviews the how privacy and data protection initiatives and the GDPR has introduced new challenges and restrictions on vetting and pre-employment background checks, and will provide an exchange of potential practical solutions.