Can your DAC information be changed despite NOT working for a company?

Yes you can correct info on your DAC.

 

One good new thing about DAC which named has been changed to USIS whenever someone checks a driver's report that driver by law now recieves a notification from USIS who is checking on them.

 

If you are applying for a bunch of companies you will get a different letter from USIS for every company that used them to check you out.

 

That release means that they can add stuff to your DAC after you've quit or they've fired you. So if you stick them with a ticket or something, they reserve the right to blackball you for it.

As I understand it, employers are also allowed to mark up your DAC if, say, you're found to have lied on your application. So technically, I suppose they could mark up your DAC even if they never hired you in the first place.

That said, you can also dispute anything you find on your DAC, and from what I understand the burden is on the reporting company to prove their assertions.

Personally, I think DAC is a load of crap. Yeah, yeah, I get that truckers are supposed to be held to a higher standard because of the high risk involved in our conduct. I guess you could look at DAC as a sort of perverted analogue to the Medical Board, or the Bar Association -- an entity that polices our conduct even when we don't necessarily break the law.

But that's a subject for another time and place. Just get your report every year (it's free), and keep an eye on it.