Online job hunters grapple with misuse of personal data
| October 1, 2007 |  View for printing |
After he posted his resume online in 2004, Ed Pilarski got more responses than he bargained for.
More than a dozen companies called or e-mailed the retired Verizon Communications Inc. project manager with job offers he did not want or mortgage refinancing deals he did not need.
One caller stood out: A Morgan Stanley financial adviser who allegedly viewed the resume of Pilarski and hundreds of others posted on job-hunting website CareerBuilder.com.
By Ross Kerber, Globe Staff
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Firm loses laptop computer with personal information on 800,000 job applicants
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