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How anything you've EVER said on the internet could be seen by employers
The Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 6/26/11 | Fiona Roberts

Posted on 06/26/2011 8:15:24 PM PDT by ruralvoter

The Federal Trade Commission has approved a controversial firm which scours social media sites to check on job applicants.

It means anything you've ever said in public on sites including Facebook, Twitter and even Craigslist could be seen by your would-be employer.

The Washington-based commission has ruled the firm, Social Intelligence Corporation, complies with the Fair Credit Reporting Act - even though it keeps the results of its searches on file for seven years.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: craigslist; employment; facebook; ftc; internet; job; jobs; privacy; twitter
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To: bigbob
Here's a google of you limited to FR: 30,000 hits.
Nothing personal in there? ;-)
61 posted on 06/27/2011 4:03:16 PM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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