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Re:Launch HN: Searchlight (YC W19) – Hiring based on past pe... by abraae on Thursday February 28, 2019 @03:04PM (#19274571)
Some day you may want to look into the impact of privacy legislation such as GDPR when it comes to your position of "Searchlight references are private (hidden to the candidate but viewable to employers that candidates give permission to)".

IANAL, but I have spent many unpleasant days reviewing GDPR and I think it's likely that such data is the candidate's personal data and they are allowed to see it.

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Re:Launch HN: Searchlight (YC W19) – Hiring based on past pe... by Frenum on Thursday February 28, 2019 @11:06PM (#19277836)
California has its own version of the GDPR known as the CCPA that is probably more immediately relevant.

https://www.oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa

Also, I'd imagine there would be a huge defamation liability.

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Re:Launch HN: Searchlight (YC W19) – Hiring based on past pe... by Godel_unicode on Thursday February 28, 2019 @09:22PM (#19277456)
Came here to say this; don't try to operate in the EU.
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Re:Launch HN: Searchlight (YC W19) – Hiring based on past pe... by annawangx on Thursday February 28, 2019 @03:41PM (#19274966)
Thank you for the pointer!
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