When you’re a company with the size and scale of LinkedIn, you’ve basically got a big target on your back – and a long list of people out to get you. Or so it would seem from the flurry of lawsuits, most recently for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1681,et seq. (see original article for full copy of the FCRA).
The issue at hand this time centers on LinkedIn’s “Search for References” functionality, a feature offered to all premium account holders and, it appears, to job applicants after they have directly applied for any position posted via LinkedIn’s “job postings” product.
In this potentially precedent setting class action lawsuit, filed October 9, 2014 in the Northern District of California, alleges that LinkedIn sold their reference functionality to prospective employers by marketing its ability to “obtain reports containing “Trusted References” for all job applicants who are members of LinkedIn.”
The issue at hand this time centers on LinkedIn’s “Search for References” functionality, a feature offered to all premium account holders and, it appears, to job applicants after they have directly applied for any position posted via LinkedIn’s “job postings” product.
In this potentially precedent setting class action lawsuit, filed October 9, 2014 in the Northern District of California, alleges that LinkedIn sold their reference functionality to prospective employers by marketing its ability to “obtain reports containing “Trusted References” for all job applicants who are members of LinkedIn.”
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