New: Users of the popular site Glassdoor, which lets anyone anonymously sign up to review companies they have worked for, say Glassdoor collected and added their names and other data to their user profiles without their consent.
I spoke with a couple of Glassdoor users who experienced this. One person said Glassdoor took it from an email she sent to customer support. Another said he didn't know how Glassdoor got his information.
More: https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/20/glassdoor-added-real-names-profiles-without-consent/
Zack Whittaker /
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2024-03-20 21:48:37
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