Comments on: Do International Privacy Rules Apply to You? Read This Before You Say No http://www.ere.net/2009/09/16/do-international-privacy-rules-apply-to-you-read-this-before-you-say-no/ Recruiting News, Recruiting Events, Recruiting Community, Social Recruiting Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:54:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gerry Crispin http://www.ere.net/2009/09/16/do-international-privacy-rules-apply-to-you-read-this-before-you-say-no/comment-page-1/#comment-15277 Gerry Crispin Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:36:11 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=9879#comment-15277 As important as it is to follow applicable laws, if you are only recruiting individuals in the US and clearly state that you are only considering those legally able to work in the US, the issue of compliance is academic and impracticle o even consider. More important is whether privacy and protection of an individual's data, beyond he compliance is becoming more and more important to a quality prospect who is interested in your company and reluctant to become a candidate, in part, because of your stance on privacy. I believe that will do more to drive firms to adopt world class standards (in which the US is clearly lagging) than anything another country might or might not act on. As important as it is to follow applicable laws, if you are only recruiting individuals in the US and clearly state that you are only considering those legally able to work in the US, the issue of compliance is academic and impracticle o even consider.

More important is whether privacy and protection of an individual’s data, beyond he compliance is becoming more and more important to a quality prospect who is interested in your company and reluctant to become a candidate, in part, because of your stance on privacy.

I believe that will do more to drive firms to adopt world class standards (in which the US is clearly lagging) than anything another country might or might not act on.

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