Subj : Glassdoor added real names to supposedly anonymous profiles
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Mar 21 2024 12:15:05

Glassdoor added real names to supposedly anonymous profiles

Date:
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:00:32 +0000

Description:
New company policy is doxing people, and obviously, not everyones happy.

FULL STORY
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Glassdoor has started adding peoples full names, and other personally 
identifiable information (PII) to user profiles without their consent, and 
expectedly, the people are fuming. 

For the uninitiated, Glassdoor is a website where people write reviews of 
their previous and current employers, bosses, and companies. As one might 
expect, the reviews are often negative, as they discuss toxic company 
culture, shady practices, and more. For that reason, people enjoyed their 
anonymity on Glassdoor, creating user profiles that held no concrete 
information about who they were. 

Rightfully so, too, as there were reports of companies trying to discover the 
identities of people who left bad reviews about them, possibly looking to 
retaliate in one way or another. Glassdoor doxing is a part of user 
experience 

But three years ago, Glassdoor acquired Fishbowl, a network for 
professionals, not unlike LinkedIn. It was integrated with the review site 
last year, meaning that every Glassdoor user also got a Fishbowl account. 

However, the network demands people verify their identities, and the data is 
being combined. Consequently, people with anonymous Glassdoor accounts 
suddenly found themselves doxed, thanks to data pulled from Fishbowl. 

Not giving their consent for this also makes no difference. One user 
explicitly demanded not to be doxed this way, and Glassdoor denied the 
request, saying the only solution would be to terminate the account and 
request all the data to be deleted. The entirety of this user experience can 
be found in Ars Technicas writeup here . 

As expected, the people were not happy. Commenting on Ars Technicas article, 
one user said, How to kill your own business and destroy years of trust 
invested in you by your users in one easy step, while the other described 
Glassdoors move as spectacularly stupid. 

Glassdoor has evidently made a change in direction with Fishbowl. How it 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/glassdoor-added-real-names-to-supposedly-anonymo
us-profiles


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