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Requested feedback through GDPR

  • 22-11-2018 8:27pm
    #1
    Heat_Wave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭


    Hi there,

    I work for a large multinational in Dublin.

    I recently interviewed internally and unfortunately I was unsuccessful. I asked for feedback and the recruiter said "ah sorry, I'm not allowed to give feedback for this role".

    I emailed the legal department that evening requesting feedback and quoted GDPR. They responded to say they would revert back in due course.

    My question is - can the company tweak the feedback in the background before releasing it to me? I work in recruitment and I have witnessed some horrific feedback from interviewers. I cannot imagine the candidate receiving said feedback.


Comments

  • #2
    Batzoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 136 ✭✭Batzoo


    Legally they are not supposed to, they can only redact information that may be related to other individuals GDPR rights, but you would have a hard time proving they did.


  • #3
    nuac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,769 ✭✭✭nuac


    Mod
    Allowing for the Christmas/New Year break this is not that old a thread.
    Leaving open for discussion


  • #4
    runawaybishop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,512 ✭✭✭runawaybishop


    Batzoo wrote: »
    Legally they are not supposed to, they can only redact information that may be related to other individuals GDPR rights, but you would have a hard time proving they did.

    The feedback may also not have been retained, beyond a simple no.


  • #5
    Heat_Wave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭Heat_Wave


    So I received the feedback. Clearly wasn't all of it, and the interviewers names weren't given. I wrote back asking why the interviewers names weren't given and they said it was to protect their privacy. I would have thought they had to give this info.


  • #6
    whippet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,718 ✭✭✭whippet


    Why do you need the interviewers names ? Surely as you were there you know who they were.

    Also you requested information on you .. not the interviewers.

    I am struggling to see what your end game is here and how this approach will be constructive.


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  • #7
    Robbo
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭Robbo


    Heat_Wave wrote: »
    So I received the feedback. Clearly wasn't all of it, and the interviewers names weren't given. I wrote back asking why the interviewers names weren't given and they said it was to protect their privacy. I would have thought they had to give this info.
    Your rights aren't absolute and don't exist in a vacuum. Other data subjects are entitled to have their privacy and other rights respected, per Article 15(4).


  • #8
    SantaClaw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37 ✭SantaClaw


    It might not be the case here. However where I work with the whole GDPR thing we decided to no longer keep any records of interviews. Its not worth the risk or effort. Once a decision has been made on a candidate all notes and things like that a deleted / feed to the shredder.

    So it is possible they do not have more info even then they already provided.


  • #9
    rd1izb7lvpuksx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 260 ✭✭rd1izb7lvpuksx


    SantaClaw wrote: »
    It might not be the case here. However where I work with the whole GDPR thing we decided to no longer keep any records of interviews. Its not worth the risk or effort. Once a decision has been made on a candidate all notes and things like that a deleted / feed to the shredder.

    So it is possible they do not have more info even then they already provided.

    That is a very risky policy. In the event that an applicant takes a case against your company, having destroyed the records will weaken your defence. Our legal advice was to minimise unnecessary records and notes, but that any notes or records taken should be kept for a period of one year (under the advice of the DPC).


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