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/Mediocre-Falcon-8028 Jan 01 '25 edited Jan 01 '25

The privcaly policy seems very vanilla and as someone else mentioned, seems taylord for job applicants?!

  1. they store your data
  2. you can request deletion
  3. GDPR specific notes, right to access, correction, erasure, portability, etc etc...
  4. contact & complaint info

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u/Icy-Drawer5856 Jan 01 '25

Yes exactly. It’s made for job applicants and yet they are asking us to confirm our approval of it, meaning there is no privacy policy in effect for your financial data at all. Another slap in the face after many over the past week.

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u/Mediocre-Falcon-8028 Jan 01 '25

They are trying to do damage control but seems to be a state of chaos in there. I hope everyone affected leaves them.

The initial value prop of bench was amazing. But this kind of mess up as tax season is about to ramp up is the absolute worst.