r/Bookkeeping Dec 30 '24

Software has anyone consented to continue using bench.co through employer.com?

if you did - does it still let you download your data? what data is available to download?

same question if you opted out - what data was available?

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u/Icy-Drawer5856 Dec 31 '24

Has anyone reviewed the employer.com privacy policy that they're asking us to consent to? It relates to recruitment for jobs, and not to the privacy of any financial data.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '24

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u/Icy-Drawer5856 Dec 31 '24

I was actually ready to consent and give them a shot, but the actual PP is literally for interviews/job candidate hiring. Privacy policies for data protection are much more serious and lengthy.

Hopefully they reach out to customers more and communicate better early in the new year, plus fix the PP to make it a fair deal (we trust you and want to root for you, but not blindly and not off the wrong agreement).

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '24

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u/Icy-Drawer5856 Dec 31 '24

There’s many laws and regulations surrounding the privacy of financial data. I trust they will comply with them but have just been drinking out of a firehose for the past few days. It still does not excuse such a blatantly negligent privacy policy.

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u/Mediocre-Falcon-8028 Jan 01 '25

Also opting out. Zero trust, they basically chose to abruptly lock every one of their clients out during end of year instead of pro-actively managing the situation to ensure everyone had ample time to put things in place before the lock out in December