PCPD has served enforcement notices on JobsDB and 3 recruiting organisations, directing them to take measures to remedy the contraventions and prevent recurrence and issued an advisory letter to each of the remaining five organisations.
PCPD call upon other operators of online recruitment platforms to:
Beware of anyone using Blind Ads to perpetrate frauds or collect personal data by unfair means; and
Carefully review recruitment advertisements received to identify Blind Ads and avoid publishing the same in order to protect the personal data privacy of members of the public.
The PCPD reiterated that Blind Ads may be used as an unscrupulous means to collect personal data and may be misused by swindlers to collect personal data for fraudulent activities. When job seekers are unable to ascertain the employers’ identities, they should check and verify the information contained in the Blind Ads carefully and should not respond to the Blind Ads arbitrarily and submit their personal data.