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Sead Fadilpašić

Glassdoor added real names to supposedly anonymous profiles

Glassdoor logo on phone.

Company review site Glassdoor has apparently begun adding people’s full names, and other personally identifiable information (PII) to user profiles without their consent, and expectedly, users are fuming.

For the uninitiated, Glassdoor is a website where people write reviews of their previous and current employers, bosses, and companies. As one might expect, the reviews are often negative, as they discuss toxic company culture, shady practices, and more. For that reason, people enjoyed their anonymity on Glassdoor, creating user profiles that held no concrete information about who they were.

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