I highly doubt that this is legal in EU, but I'm not an expert. The reason is that at my current client, we are not allowed to google a name from an incoming r

I highly doubt that this is legal in EU, but I'm not an expert. The reason is that at my current client, we are not allowed to google a name from an incoming resume, due to privacy reasons. Not even search that person on linkedin. Maybe they are overinterpreting the EU privacy law, but I'm not sure.