How to handle your CV privacy and avoid CV risks like Identity theft, cyberstalking or CV misuse

How to handle your CV privacy and avoid CV risks like Identity theft and CV misuse

To ensure you have full control over your CVs risk like

• Identity theft based on your CV information
• Cyberstalking based on your CV information
• Misuse of your CV information
• To detailed CV information
• To updated CV information

Our thoughts on privacy – read here

And consider the information you include in your CVs (Remember on Comoto you multiple CVs – this is another reason for having more than one CV – see here).

Should you include – remember to make this evaluation for each CV based on purpose and receiver?

• Name
• Full Address
• Email
• Twitter, Facebook and other social network information
• Phone number (land line or mobile)
• Social security number or central register personal number or similar
• Tax payer number
• Password number
• Picture
• Mothers Maiden name
• Drivers’ license number and information
• Bank account number or the information that you have one

What about:

• Marital status.
• Height
• Weight
• Religion
• Professional license number.
• Gender
• Age
• The reason why you left a past employer.

You should also consider whom you are sending an application and a CV or when you fill out their web based application form with your CV data

• Who is the recruiter or the company – a real or a fake job
• Who is the company having the job – a scam ?
• How are they handling my CV data
• What can the use my CV data for
• How long time can the keep my data
• How can I ensure they have updated data over time / always ?

You should also consider the CV databases you are sending the CV or when you fill out their form with your CV data

• Who is the CV Database– a real or a fake job
• Who is the company behind – a scam
• How are they handling my data
• What can the use my CV data for
• How long time can the keep my data
• How can I ensure they have updated data over time

When you get a job offer you should still be cautions – first consider if it is a real or fake offer – but also accept to show (avoid copies) more detailed information like:

• Passport
• Birth certificate

as the company need to ensure you are who you say you are and the company also need to get you registered correctly in the company record.

Always remember – Sounds too good to be true? It probably is. Be careful!

The Team