http://www.ere.net/2008/04/28/chatter-fetch-a-qualified-jobscore/ Recruiting intelligence. Recruiting community. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:01:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.ere.net/2008/04/28/chatter-fetch-a-qualified-jobscore/#comment-6154 Fetch Technologies, Your Forgotten Forum Comments, And Your Next Job (Not) « PhilSpace Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:52:54 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/04/28/chatter-fetch-a-qualified-jobscore/#comment-6154 [...] of yourself on your trip to Greece on your MySpace pages.“  Unfortunately, Fetch will “scour public-data sources and lurk on social/professional networking sites to gather information” so its more than just keeping yourself squeaky [...] [...] of yourself on your trip to Greece on your MySpace pages.“  Unfortunately, Fetch will “scour public-data sources and lurk on social/professional networking sites to gather information” so its more than just keeping yourself squeaky [...]

]]> http://www.ere.net/2008/04/28/chatter-fetch-a-qualified-jobscore/#comment-6152 Phillip Barnhart Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:19:22 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2008/04/28/chatter-fetch-a-qualified-jobscore/#comment-6152 Of course, with Fetch there is a serious problem with confusing one person with another, of "poisoning the well" by pretending to be someone else when commenting, and even creating fake profiles and comments to ruin someone. Since Fetch reports what they find to the company, not the individual, there is no individual protection from fraud, libel, or defamation. On top of everything else, services like Fetch could make discrimination lawsuits practically impossible, since alternative reasons for any negative action can be planted and then "discovered" by Fetch and other tools. Of course, with Fetch there is a serious problem with confusing one person with another, of “poisoning the well” by pretending to be someone else when commenting, and even creating fake profiles and comments to ruin someone. Since Fetch reports what they find to the company, not the individual, there is no individual protection from fraud, libel, or defamation. On top of everything else, services like Fetch could make discrimination lawsuits practically impossible, since alternative reasons for any negative action can be planted and then “discovered” by Fetch and other tools.

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