Glassdoor collects highly sensitive personal details including your race, sexual orientation, disability status, and religion as part of its standard data collection practices.
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This is among the most sensitive category of personal data under both GDPR and US state privacy laws, and its collection on a professional networking and job platform creates meaningful risk if data is misused or inadvertently disclosed to employers.
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. Glassdoor commits to responding to deletion requests within a reasonable timeframe and to obtaining explicit consent before sharing sensitive data with third parties or using data for purposes beyond the original collection. You can exercise these rights by following the instructions in the 'Controlling Your Personal Data' section of the policy.
View change record →The updated privacy policy removes explicit language granting users the right to correct, amend, or delete personal information held by Glassdoor. It also eliminates the documented right to opt-out before data is shared with third parties or used for purposes beyond the original collection. Previously, users could request limits on data use and disclosure; this right is no longer stated in the policy. Instead, the updated terms establish binding arbitration as the mechanism for resolving privacy complaints. Under the revised policy, users who have unresolved privacy concerns may invoke binding arbitration through TrustArc, but they no longer have contractually documented access to data correction, deletion, opt-out, or use-limitation mechanisms.
View change record →Previous version had empty excerpt; current version now provides detailed enumeration of specific sensitive data categories collected including race, sexual orientation, disability, religion, and other protected classifications.
View full change record →The collection of sensitive attributes including race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, and religion means that users who provide this information face heightened privacy risk, particularly given that Glassdoor also shares data with employers and advertising partners.
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"Race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, leading personality trait (e.g., introvert/extrovert), religion, marital status, parental status, veteran status. Special Category Data / Sensitive Personal Information. Characteristics of protected classifications under state or federal law. Health Data (disability status).Excerpt from Glassdoor's Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: GDPR Article 9 prohibits processing Special Category Data absent explicit consent or another enumerated legal basis (such as employment law obligations or the data being manifestly made public by the subject).
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This is among the most sensitive category of personal data under both GDPR and US state privacy laws, and its collection on a professional networking and job platform creates meaningful risk if data is misused or inadvertently disclosed to employers.
The collection of sensitive attributes including race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, and religion means that users who provide this information face heightened privacy risk, particularly given that Glassdoor also shares data with employers and advertising partners.
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