Privacy Commissioner Urges Job Seekers to Stay Vigilant about “Blind” Recruitment Advertisements

In order to protect the job applicants’ personal data and project positive corporate image, the PCPD appeals to employers to:

• Increase transparency in placing recruitment advertisements and disclose the identities of the organisations;

• Refrain from placing Blind Ads to collect job applicants’ personal data; and

• If necessary, consider engaging a recruitment agency who is identified in the advertisement to collect the personal data from job applicants.

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