"We don't think employers should be asking prospective employees to provide their Facebook passwords [for pre-hiring background checking] because we don't think it's the right thing to do." -- Facebook (statement on company's website) Facebook's statement has set off a firestorm of controversy and misinformation. The popular consensus seems to be that the employer's practice of … [Read more...] about Can you use Facebook to screen job applicants?
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Model Tool: Privacy Risk Assessment
Why you need this assessment: Information collected about individual job applicants is considered personal information subject to privacy laws, regardless of whether the information is publicly available. You need to consider these privacy risks you face before using social media sites like Facebook to gather personal information about job applicants. How this assessment helps … [Read more...] about Model Tool: Privacy Risk Assessment
Model Tool: Pre-Employment Screening Notification
Why you need this notification: Collecting information about job applicants from social media websites like Facebook can get you into legal hot water. That's because the information you collect may be considered protected, personal information to the extent applicants can show they had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the material. How this notification helps you: It's … [Read more...] about Model Tool: Pre-Employment Screening Notification