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Online job hunters grapple with misuse of personal data

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.

Source - Boston Globe

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