Speciale social ‘Facebook’ media scan om jouw integriteit te checken (en data te verkopen)
Wie ben jij en hoe handel jij? Wie zijn jouw vrienden en wat doe je in je leven? Social media geeft hier goed inzicht in en is dus interessant om eens grondig te scannen. De Engelse startup Score Assured scant socialmedia-profielen en levert de informatie aan wie er voor wil betalen, waaronder huisbazen die nieuwe huurders zo laten doorlichten.
It includes his height and weight, his browser history, his address – even several years of his school transcripts. We’re still several years away from that vision, thankfully, but a new British startup called Score Assured has taken a big step in that direction: The company wants to, in the words of co-founder Steve Thornhill, “take a deep dive into private social media profiles” and sell what it finds there to everyone from prospective dates to employers and landlords.
Aanvulling
Naast jouw CV en referenties is deze check een logische aanvulling.
Want dan weten we zeker wat voor vlees we in de kuip hebben.” En misschien is je baas niet de enige. Je huisbaas doet ook zo’n verzoek. En je bank, als je een hypotheek wil afsluiten. Oh, en de nieuwe schoonfamilie.
Dit schrijft The Washington Post.
Tenant Assured reports include information such as whether you’ve mentioned a pregnancy and how old you are, which are both protected statuses under housing discrimination law. (“All we can do is give them the information,” Thornhill said. “It’s up to landlords to do the right thing.”) Meanwhile, unlike credit reports, Tenant Assured doesn’t give users any way to view their ratings or dispute misleading data. Make no mistake: The data will mislead. Among the behaviours that count against your Tenant Assured “credit” percentage – ie, how confident the company is that you’ll pay rent – are “online retail social logins and frequency of social logins used for leisure activities”. In other words, Tenant Assured draws conclusions about your credit-worthiness based on things such as whether you post about shopping or going out on the weekends.
Via stuff.co.nz
