Glassdoor tracks how you interact with its emails and messages, including whether you open them, what links you click, and what you download, and uses this to build inferences about your interests.
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Behavioral tracking of communication interactions is used to build user profiles and inferences, which can feed into targeted advertising and personalization in ways users may not expect from a job platform.
The updated policy grants EU, UK, and Swiss residents explicit rights to request access to their personal data held by Glassdoor in the United States, and to correct, amend, or delete that data. Glas…
Every email you open or link you click from Glassdoor may be tracked and used to build a behavioral profile, including inferences about your interests, which could be shared with advertising partners.
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"Communications you've signed up for or received, interactions with communications (e.g., reading/opening communications, clicking links) service info downloaded, address book information, etc. Commercial information, personal identifiers, inferences, internet activity.— Excerpt from Glassdoor's Glassdoor Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Communications tracking engages GDPR Article 6 lawful basis requirements, ePrivacy Directive obligations for electronic communications tracking in the EU, and CCPA/CPRA commercial information and internet activity categories. CAN-SPAM and applicable email marketing regulations may also apply. The FTC has jurisdiction over deceptive email tracking practices. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. Email interaction tracking and inference generation are common industry practices, but their combination with sensitive demographic data and employer data sharing elevates the risk profile. GDPR requires transparency about automated processing and inferences generated from communications data. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU/UK users have ePrivacy Directive and GDPR Article 22 rights regarding automated decision-making and profiling based on communications data. California users have rights regarding commercial information and internet activity under CCPA/CPRA. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Third-party email service providers receiving communications tracking data should be assessed under GDPR Article 28 data processing agreements. Advertising partners using inferences derived from communications tracking should be covered by appropriate data sharing agreements. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Consent and opt-out mechanisms for communications tracking should be reviewed for compliance with ePrivacy Directive requirements in the EU and CAN-SPAM in the US. Inference generation from communications data should be documented and included in GDPR processing records.
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Behavioral tracking of communication interactions is used to build user profiles and inferences, which can feed into targeted advertising and personalization in ways users may not expect from a job platform.
Every email you open or link you click from Glassdoor may be tracked and used to build a behavioral profile, including inferences about your interests, which could be shared with advertising partners.
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