{"id":267513,"date":"2026-06-08T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/job-platforms-monetize-digital-identities-as-privacy-awareness-lags-study\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:30:33","slug":"job-platforms-monetize-digital-identities-as-privacy-awareness-lags-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/job-platforms-monetize-digital-identities-as-privacy-awareness-lags-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Job platforms monetize digital identities as privacy awareness lags: study"},"content":{"rendered":"

Job platforms monetize digital identities as privacy awareness lags: study<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.biometricupdate.com\/202606\/job-platforms-monetize-digital-identities-as-privacy-awareness-lags-study<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-08 09:45:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.biometricupdate.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Digital platforms have co-opted the onerous task of job hunting, but according to new research many job seekers don\u2019t realise their personal data is being sold.<\/p>\n

In the age of online friendships, algorithmic entertainment and digital dating, there\u2019s much we willingly provide to online platforms in exchange for a service. A wealth of personal details are volunteered but it is becoming ever more apparent how commoditized our digital identities have become.<\/p>\n

Popular job platforms such as Indeed and LinkedIn sell user data, but a significant proportion (37 percent) of Incogni\u2019s respondents believe job-search platforms only share user data with potential employers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to focus on data privacy when you are worried about putting food on the table, but our research suggests that there are real risks associated with these sites,\u201d says Darius Belejevas, head of Incogni.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly seven percent of our survey respondents expressed concern about sharing their personal information with job search platforms; that is a shocking indictment of the lack of education about privacy risk in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n

Incogni\u2019s research was structured around the question of whether these job-search platforms are taking advantage of job seekers for their personal data. Incogni\u2019s researchers surveyed a thousand Americans who used such platforms in the past five years and investigated the most popular digital job platforms to find out.<\/p>\n

Incogni reports that nearly 40 percent of job seekers said they never delete the profiles they create on job-search platforms, while more than 34 percent of those surveyed said they uploaded their details to more than two platforms. A quarter of respondents believe that these details are not sensitive information even as resumes can contain names, addresses, phone numbers, veteran status and more.<\/p>\n

Incogni went through the privacy policies of platforms including Indeed, Glassdoor, Monster, LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, among others, as well…<\/p>\n

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