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LinkedIn have been issued with a class-action lawsuit in California, the professional social network is being accused of violating federal consumer protection laws to do with employment history.
The lawsuit suggests LinkedIn have violated users rights by selling employment history information to potential employers without the users consent.
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It is LinkedIn’s job reference tool that is in question here, this tool is available to employers’ that subscribe to LinkedIn’s premium features. Many social networking sites can generate reports, and LinkedIn generates reference reports, which contain locations, names, employment history etc. But, the problem is these reference reports could be inaccurate and this is what the lawsuit discusses.
Source: www.onlinesocialmedia.net
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