Ask HN: A company just shared my contact details without asking me what do I do?

Re:Ask HN: A company just shared my contact details without ... by matthewdumler on Tuesday June 04, 2019 @06:51PM (#20100011)

First, I don’t have an answer, but I’m commenting because I was reminded of a recent experience I had.

Last week, I turned down a job offer, and it was largely influenced by the information the hiring agency, which the company went through, required me to provide. They wanted all kinds of information about me, and it was clear it was almost entirely unrelated to the company offering me the job. They simply wanted to add me to their line of products, whether I wanted them to advertise me or not. If I didn’t provide the information, I didn’t get processed.

Needless to say, I’m happily looking for employment elsewhere. I firmly believe this is both wrong, and a practice which should be illegal. If it isn’t already?

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Re:Ask HN: A company just shared my contact details without ... by BjoernKW on Thursday June 06, 2019 @04:11AM (#20112518)

Well, it is in the EU. GDPR commonly is perceived as applying to online businesses alone, which of course is wrong.

As a company you’re only allowed to ask for and record the data that’s required to conduct the business at hand. Otherwise, you have to tell your customers how their data will be used.

This of course absolutely applies to traditionally offline businesses such as recruitment agencies as well.

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