Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent

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• chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just deleted my account. I hardly used it anyway, so good job pushing me off the edge Glassdoor.

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• Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I did a CCPA data deletion request. Fuckers.

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  • Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What is this and how is it done?

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    • Cryophilia@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      California Consumer Privacy Act. It gives consumers the right to tell companies to delete all data they have about you.

      For glassdoor, that option is here, in their privacy requests page. Note the language “request” is just politeness for California residents - they must by law delete this info. While it’s only the law for California residents, it looks like Glassdoor offers this option to everyone.

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• Dhrystone@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Did Glassdoor somehow force users to use their real names on the site?

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  • baru@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s explained in the article. If Glassdoor somehow learns of the real name of an account they’ll silently add that information to the account. Glassdoor is meant to be anonymous so such action can lead to repercussions.

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    • rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s explained in the article.

      You think any of us can read?

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  • _lilith@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They were automatically updating their profiles from 3rd party sources. This resulted in personal information being displayed without consent or warning, and wild inaccuracies like updating a profile to say a man was based in london when he was still very much in california

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• wellee@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s too bad, it saved me from a few toxic work places

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• CriticalMiss@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I take it as stage 2 of enshittification?

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• Gerudo@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Seriously. Facebook for corporate dickholes turns to shit. Who knew

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  • lemon@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wait, what happened to LinkedIn?

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• blackfire@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is this a US change as im not seeing names in the UK version

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• FunkPhenomenon@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  wow, glassdoor is still a thing? havent heard that name in a long, long time.

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• UnaSolaEstrellaLibre@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  One job.

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