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Even in business context this can be weaponised. For example two executives in a company discuss some sort of business strategy and mention the competitor's CEO
by Grue3 7y ago
Even in business context this can be weaponised. For example two executives in a company discuss some sort of business strategy and mention the competitor's CEO by name (also the competitor's company happens to be named after its CEO so it's impossible to discuss it without saying his or her name). The competitor's CEO GDPRs the emails and learns of the secret business plan as a result.
- Silhouette 7y agoEven in business context this can be weaponised. Indeed. Just imagine the fall-out if someone started a movement where everyone who got turned down for a job they applied for then submitted a SAR for all of the internal commentary and communications about them. Suddenly every business that hires staff has an extra overhead, even small businesses need industrial-scale HR/legal mechanics for the application process, and the number of lawsuits for every conceivable type of discrimination skyrockets.
- awinder 7y agoThis is already a concern (not the absence of hiring documentation, but extreme caution around what is captured into electronic long-term storage), pre-and-post GDPR. "Pick up the phone" is a very real piece of advice around hiring-related conversations and for good reasons. I think it's incredibly contorted to believe the world falls apart here (in fact, the world would have to be pretty broken in order for it to go down that way).