If you link your ZipRecruiter account to a social media or professional network account such as LinkedIn or Google, ZipRecruiter can access a broad range of information from those accounts including your contacts, timeline, and network data.
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Connecting a social account to ZipRecruiter grants the platform access to information well beyond your basic profile, including your social connections and activity feeds, which may exceed what you intend to share for job searching purposes.
Linking your LinkedIn, Google, or social media account to ZipRecruiter enables ZipRecruiter to access your contacts, timeline feeds, and network statistics from those platforms, not just your name and email, which may result in broader data collection than expected.
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You and your organization's administrator can access several types of Service Data directly from Google Cloud, including your account information, billing contact information, payment and transaction information, as well as product and communication settings and configurations.
If you would like to access/download, delete, your data, please submit your request through our automated, self-service system.
to request that your data be transferred to a third party (data portability)
"authorize ZipRecruiter to connect your account to the account of a "Connected Site" (e.g., Google, LinkedIn, Monster, Facebook or Twitter), we may be able to access information you have provided to the Connected Site, such as profile information, content information, timeline feeds, contact and follow lists, network statistics, and/or updates regarding your Connected Site accountExcerpt from ZipRecruiter's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Collection of contact list and social graph data from connected accounts engages GDPR Articles 5 and 6 regarding data minimization and purpose limitation for EEA users, and CCPA disclosure requirements for California residents.
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Connecting a social account to ZipRecruiter grants the platform access to information well beyond your basic profile, including your social connections and activity feeds, which may exceed what you intend to share for job searching purposes.
Linking your LinkedIn, Google, or social media account to ZipRecruiter enables ZipRecruiter to access your contacts, timeline feeds, and network statistics from those platforms, not just your name and email, which may result in broader data collection than expected.
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