{"id":19,"date":"2010-07-14T13:39:11","date_gmt":"2010-07-14T18:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/handwriting.feedbucket.com\/articles\/?p=19"},"modified":"2026-04-14T00:19:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T05:19:57","slug":"handwriting-analysis-and-legal-implications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handwriting.feedbucket.com\/articles\/2010\/07\/14\/handwriting-analysis-and-legal-implications\/","title":{"rendered":"Handwriting Analysis and Legal Implications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The popularity of handwriting analysis has increased use over the last decade. Handwriting analysis the science of understanding the character and personality of a person has enjoyed increased success pertaining to legal issues. The use of handwriting analysis to solve several legal questions has intensified its usage. Its effect on using Handwriting Analysis has aided the employers who are constantly attempting to ensure employee honesty before hiring them.<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S. Polygraph machines have been used as screening tools for employment applicants between 1978 and 1989, where approximately 2,000,000 polygraph exams were conducted annually. The Employee Polygraph Protection Act was enacted by the Reagan Administration, to protect the privacy of the employees. Therefore, to avoid being under the purview of this act handwriting analysis has become one of the favorite methods of employee application screening, since its inception.<\/p>\n<p>This approach of analysis of handwriting samples has been widely adopted over the years. All legal questions concerning employee privacy is eliminated with the use of graphology. However, when an employer asks an applicant to fill out an application in their own handwriting where actually the physical appearance of the handwriting is not protected. This is also dependent on the method in which the handwriting is transmitted, the content therein may be protected by privacy and may potentially expose the analyst and the employer to liability under certain circumstances. The law withholds certain exceptions in the case of personal notes.<\/p>\n<p>The use Of <a target=\"_new\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hai.in\">Graphology<\/a> and its legal implications with the right to privacy are a private matter. When an employer to provide that handwriting sample to a professional analyst for analysis it violates that right. Some applicants are very possessive about their handwriting sample being analyzed by them.<\/p>\n<p>This method avoids legal questions through its implementation as a mandatory rule for screening employees for picking the most eligible personnel. However, when the analyst and the employer are same entity the question of liability does not arise under any circumstances. As long as the forum in which they use that handwriting it is not a violation of that person&#8217;s right to privacy at all. Unlike a person&#8217;s voice and picture that are not protected, handwriting analysis does not fall under the law as long as the employer uses it to hire the best talent available.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to hire a handwriting analyst or learn graphology visit <a target=\"_new\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hai.in\">http:\/\/www.hai.in<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article presents the ever increasing popularity of handwriting analysis. It also dwells in to the legal queries that arise when an employee&#8217;s handwriting samples are put to scrutiny in the recruitment process. This comes under the hammer only when the method in which the handwriting is transmitted and protected for privacy. 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