Worried about your naked drunk pictures from last holiday

As Internet having made our personal lives public, now everybody has a permanent record on the web thanks to sites like facebook and potential employees more and more looking at this data (a recent survey by researcher firm Harris found that 1 out of 2 potential employers use social network sites to search for candidates) to evaluate us our privacy is not longer secure.

Some reasons why potential employees check personal profiles is to look for alcohol and drug use, racist comments and lying about applications.

Privacy is a very important possession all of us have and appreciate. I personally believe neither potential nor current employers should be looking at our personal profiles.

For everybody worrying about their privacy there are some good news: new laws are being proposed to stop companies from checking emproyees personal profiles. In Germany there is a law proposal that will punish employees that check facebook profiles.

Some companies in Germany that have been involved in scandals in Germany involving management spying on staff are Lidl, Deutsche Bahn and Deutsche Telekom.

Do you think employers should use social network profiles in the hiring process?

Sources:

· Is Facebook Your "Permanent Record?" http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/is_facebook_your_permanent_rec.php

The importance of privacy http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article6716762.ece

Bosses admit screening potential employees via social networks http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200838/2030/Bosses-admit-screening-potential-employees-via-social-networks

http://mashable.com/2009/08/19/social-media-screening/

New Law to Stop Companies from Checking Facebook Pages in Germany http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,713240,00.html

Should Employers Use Social Network Profiles in the Hiring Process?

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/should_employers_use_social_netowrking_when_hiring.php