Being Verified and Privacy

As a much younger man (I think I still had hair colour) I went on a speed reading course. Company sent me. I approached it as I did a lot of courses at that age…suspicious. But it was really good. I started to be a bit more open minded. It helps with reading through policies now.

Last week on the UK IT Leaders call the question was asked “Has anybody gone through the verified process on LinkedIn?”. As there were a few security leaning folk on the call. and it involves uploading a picture of your passport, the response was pretty much “Nope!”.

But I made a mental note to have a quick look. LinkedIn don’t do the verification. A company called Persona does. Link to the privacy policy here (there’s two, you need the one where they provide a service). But I didn’t like this:

“Some of the data disclosures to these third parties may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of Personal Data as defined under the laws of California and other U.S. states.”

“Location of Processing European Personal Data. We transfer Personal Data from the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), and Switzerland to other countries, some of which have not been determined by the European Commission to have an adequate level of data protection. When we do so, we use legal mechanisms, including contracts, to help ensure your rights and protections.”

Yes I’m cherry picking and speed reading, but I do that at first for the ‘flavour’. I didn’t like this flavour. Data brokers and face mapping. Nope.

You do you, or help me understand more but I’m happy to stay unverified right now.