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Is it required to record personally identifying data? You could even have the web browser do like a mini Tor protocol where your IP is tunneled through others

Is it required to record personally identifying data? You could even have the web browser do like a mini Tor protocol where your IP is tunneled through others currently logged in.

kodah 3y ago
OP is concerned about demasking via the court system. Even if the company has no desire to "win" a case, they can compel Glassdoor (or anyone else) to give up the identity of a user. Even if Glassdoor can't figure out who you are, then they'd have to put up a fight to defend you. If they choose not to and to just remove the review with cause instead, then the price of removal is the attorneys time.
- chii 3y ago
  Which is a flaw in the US court system - "winning" a civil case may not award you the attorneys fees, so it paradoxically makes it easier to just accept instead of fight, if you're against somebody rich.
- RobotToaster 3y ago
  Can a court compel someone to give up information they don't have?
  - kodah 3y ago
    No, but see the consequence: the information is removed if the user or the company fail to defend it. That makes it a vector for people who have a lot of money they can waste.
Gigachad 3y ago
It would be trivial to just link the words of the review to the individual. You write something like "My screen door broke and the landlord refused to fix it" and the landlord can just remember or check who mentioned a screen door. It's not like a job where they have hundreds or thousands of other employees who could have written it.
- clnq 3y ago
  Two factors matter in these scenarios: identifying the reviewer and proving it. Employees can maintain anonymity by avoiding specific work anecdotes ("My manager A did B"), using ChatGPT for rephrasing, and delaying their review (a few months after the experience). Employers must prove the reviewer's identity for legal remedy, but Glassdoor may issue damning alerts about employers who do so. Even then, using Tor and temporary emails with fake names offers protection to the employee. By making it difficult to both figure out who wrote the review and prove it, I think employees are safe posting their genuine exp online. I also believe it's totally morally fine if the reviews are accurate. It may break the ToS of Glassdoor to use a fake name, for example, but an authentic peek into what's going on in corps benefits both society and Glassdoor itself.

Is it required to record personally identifying data? You could even have the web browser do like a mini Tor protocol where your IP is tunneled through others currently logged in.

kodah 3y ago

OP is concerned about demasking via the court system. Even if the company has no desire to "win" a case, they can compel Glassdoor (or anyone else) to give up the identity of a user. Even if Glassdoor can't figure out who you are, then they'd have to put up a fight to defend you. If they choose not to and to just remove the review with cause instead, then the price of removal is the attorneys time.

chii 3y ago
Which is a flaw in the US court system - "winning" a civil case may not award you the attorneys fees, so it paradoxically makes it easier to just accept instead of fight, if you're against somebody rich.
RobotToaster 3y ago
Can a court compel someone to give up information they don't have?
- kodah 3y ago
  No, but see the consequence: the information is removed if the user or the company fail to defend it. That makes it a vector for people who have a lot of money they can waste.

Gigachad 3y ago

It would be trivial to just link the words of the review to the individual. You write something like "My screen door broke and the landlord refused to fix it" and the landlord can just remember or check who mentioned a screen door. It's not like a job where they have hundreds or thousands of other employees who could have written it.

clnq 3y ago
Two factors matter in these scenarios: identifying the reviewer and proving it. Employees can maintain anonymity by avoiding specific work anecdotes ("My manager A did B"), using ChatGPT for rephrasing, and delaying their review (a few months after the experience). Employers must prove the reviewer's identity for legal remedy, but Glassdoor may issue damning alerts about employers who do so. Even then, using Tor and temporary emails with fake names offers protection to the employee. By making it difficult to both figure out who wrote the review and prove it, I think employees are safe posting their genuine exp online. I also believe it's totally morally fine if the reviews are accurate. It may break the ToS of Glassdoor to use a fake name, for example, but an authentic peek into what's going on in corps benefits both society and Glassdoor itself.