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Is it creepy if you google a job candidate?
by Tepix 2y ago
Is it creepy if you google a job candidate?
- naavis 2y agoIn many parts of the world it is illegal for a recruiting party to search for information on a candidate without their consent.
- Tepix 2y agoWhat are laws that prohibit it?
- naavis 2y agoOne example is Finnish legislation: https://finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2004/20040759#L2P4 https://finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2004/20040759#L2P4 Sadly only available in Finnish. The law applies both to employees and candidates. EDIT: Looks like there is an English translation. See section 4 of: https://finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/2004/en20040759_20190347.pdf https://finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/2004/en20040759_2019034...
- JSteph22 2y agoWhichever parts of the world that may be, you can guarantee that it happens anyways. Unenforceable rules are never followed.
- steelframe 2y agoI recently Googled myself, and in the first page of results I ran across some shit AI website that scrapes random web content about people and attempts to summarize it. It got my current occupation completely and comically wrong -- as in, it has nothing at all to do with tech. If you're trying to figure out anything about me from social media or other such random web pages, I don't care to have anything to do with you, and I don't care what you're led to believe about me. I suppose this is born of privilege, but the only contacts I care to make are directly via people I already have a relationship with.
- pluc 2y agoJust did the same, and the form to get your data removed asks for 3 items of personal information "to confirm your identity" lol. Edit: the site I found was "zoominfo".
- steelframe 2y agoThe only personal information they're going to get from me will be what's in my libel lawsuit.