Clear, conspicuous, and abundant posting of a privacy policy. Fair Information Practices dictate that privacy policies should be posted at or before data is requested of a job applicant or site visitor. And the policies should be posted at every page information is requested of a job seeker.
How to read and understand the site results
Each site underwent extensive testing. The results of the testing are listed under each site. For general consumer tips about job searching online, please see heading, “Consumer Tips for Job Searching Online.”
In any job search, it is important to circulate a resume. However, job seekers need to carefully minimize privacy issues related to resumes and personal data while still maintaining appropriate exposure to employers.
Employers are an important part of the data privacy solution. As the controller of job ads, employers have a great deal of say in how those ads are managed and displayed to applicants. For their part, college career counselors, as a critical part of the interface in a student’s first professional job search, have a key educational role in the process.
The World Privacy Forum conducted this research with funding assistance from the Rose Foundation Consumer Privacy Rights Fund. Without this assistance, this research would not have been possible.
