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Are Jobseekers allowed go through your Facebook?

ps3lover · 2018-07-24 10:02:36

I was recently left unemployed and had to sign on for Jobseeker's Allowance. About a month later I did a gig with my band, I had posted about it on Facebook, a few days later an agent comes to my door with a printout of my Facebook page, they where demanding to know how much I got paid for this. I had to prove that it was…

24-07-2018 11:02AM

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ps3lover

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I was recently left unemployed and had to sign on for Jobseeker's Allowance. About a month later I did a gig with my band, I had posted about it on Facebook, a few days later an agent comes to my door with a printout of my Facebook page, they where demanding to know how much I got paid for this. I had to prove that it was for charity and I got paid nothing.
I found the entire thing a complete invasion of privacy, the first thing I did was change my Facebook profile to private.
Is this allowed? Can they be spying on you constantly like that?

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#2 24-07-2018 11:04AM

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OP, this is not a political thread so I am closing it. I suggest you try the Work & Jobs forum.

The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 19:34

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