Online job hunters grapple with misuse of personal data

October 1, 2007

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

Gap Inc., the largest U.S. clothing retailer, said a laptop computer containing the personal information of 800,000 job applicants was stolen from the offices of a third-party vendor.

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