Cybervetting

http://www.management-issues.com/2007/10/18/research/cyber-vetting-managers-face-backlash.asp

The article is two years old and describes the developing hiring practice of cybervetting. This was one reason that people originally opposed the social networking site Facebook, becoming available to the general public. Facebook did add more privacy settings when going public, however many people fail to realize that there are many popular apps that are designed specifically for data mining. By participating in an application, you grant that application access to your information and it can be downloaded by the applications server without notifying you. This data can be used to target ads, study cultural trends, or allow easier identity theft. Over the last two years the idea of compiling a person's netprofile has expanded into these other realms quite a bit.