We started Clear Screen in 2026.
You are early. That is deliberate on our part, and it should be useful to you — our first clients get a founder on the phone and a say in how this is built.
Why
The gap we saw
Screening in the Netherlands is either too big or too informal
Large international providers are built for enterprises with procurement teams and thousand-hire years. They price and behave accordingly, and most of them handle the Dutch instruments — the VOG, the DUO register, DigiD — as an afterthought bolted onto a global platform.
Below that, most Dutch employers of twenty to five hundred people do it themselves: a photocopied diploma, a phone call to someone's old manager, and a VOG application filled in on the wrong profile. It is not that they do not care. It is that doing it properly means understanding privacy law they were never meant to have to learn.
Clear Screen is for the second group. Verification done properly, at a price that makes sense for a company hiring twenty people a year, with the legal work already done.
What we believe
Three positions
You will be dealing with us directly
Consent is the wrong foundation. An applicant cannot refuse a prospective employer freely, so consent given in that moment is not worth much — and the Dutch data protection authority agrees. We screen on a properly documented basis instead, and we will not pretend a signature solves the problem.
The candidate is the second customer. They see their own report, in full, at the same time you do, with a route to correct anything wrong. Screening is the last thing someone experiences before day one, and it should not feel like an interrogation.
Screening less is usually the right answer. Every check has to be justified by the role. We would rather talk you out of two checks than sell you six you cannot defend.
Who
The people
Screening in the Netherlands is either too big or too informal
Scott Nieuwenhuis
Founder
Customer experience enhancer and serial entrepreneur with a firm conviction that the employment screening industry is poised for its next evolution.
Norris Banks
Privacy officer / DPO
Norris Banks is our dedicated advisor for privacy matters and data protection, ensuring that Clear Screen and our clients stay compliant while safeguarding user data.
Priya Devi
Screening analyst
Priya is our committed screening analyst who oversees the ongoing screening process and manages controls to ensure an efficient and high-quality screening experience.
Status
Where we stand
What we are, and what we are not yet
Registered in the Netherlands
KvK 90182839, established September 2026, based in Amsterdam
Data held in the EU
Clear Screen stores data on the platforms of Duda, ActiveCampaign, and Paperform, which are hosted through AWS's European storage.
Privacy documentation in place
DPIA completed, processing register maintained, DPA available on request
Wpbr permit - Pending
Clear Screen currently employs a designated authorized party holding a Wpbr permit from the Dutch authorities.
Not ISO 27001 certified yet
We are working towards it and expect certification in 2029. We would rather tell you that than imply otherwise.
No enterprise clients yet
Our first clients are Dutch SMEs in care, childcare and staffing. If you need a provider with a thousand-client reference list, we are not it — yet.