Wanted: online privacy police.Posting your resume online may put your privacy at risk. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent report by the World Privacy Forum, the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse Privacy Rights Clearinghouse (PRC) is a project of the Utility Consumers' Action Network (UCAN), an American 501(c)(3) non-profit consumer advocacy organization. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse is devoted to upholding the right to privacy and protecting consumers against identity , and the Electronic Privacy Information Center Electronic Privacy Information Center or EPIC is a public interest research group in Washington D.C.. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values in the , online job-search firms are increasingly sharing and selling job seekers' personal information to marketers and employers hoping to target certain audiences. The World Privacy Forum, a California nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. that studies technology's effect on privacy, reviewed the data-sharing policies of 53 job-search Web sites and more than 200 resume-writing services. It found that the sharing of information gleaned from millions of job seekers on these sites has become common and increasingly sophisticated as the sites look for new revenue streams. Further, experts say the information sharing See data conferencing. is being done in ways that might violate discrimination and credit-reporting laws in some cases. For example, computer kiosks at sites where job applicants fill out information may violate fair-credit standards by not offering applicants a way to restrict the sharing of their information. Monster.com subsidiary Fastweb.com, a popular site for students to apply for college scholarships, solicits information about a person's sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. , disabilities, and emotional problems. The site's privacy policy says the data may be shared with schools, employers, recruiters, marketers, or other organizations. The World Privacy Forum recommends taking the following steps to secure your personal information when posting resumes on the Web: * Read the privacy policy. * Make sure you can delete the resume after it has been posted. * Post your resume sparingly and on sites that allow you to mask your contact information. * List an e-mail address See Internet address. e-mail address - electronic mail address you can cancel if spam becomes a problem. * Never give out your Social Security number, bank account numbers, or credit card information. * Set your browser to block out third-party cookies, which allow advertising companies to track your moves online. |
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