Good point about the anonymous screennames. I still usually use screennames that cant be easily traced back to me, and people were way more intense about it back in the aughts when we all thought posting your real name on the internet meant a crazed murderer would instantly show up outside your house. I found an unbelievable amount of highly personal medical information shed put in a cancer survivors newsletter. It doesnt even have to be the amount of time it takes. Normally we just get confirmation that you worked there. I sometimes (in a semi-official capacity) have to search for contact information for people who make a point of not having private contact information online, and who also cannot be contacted for the purpose in question using their professional contact information. And there can be good motivations and bad motivations. But you cannot take your age (for example) off the internet, and I for one certainly did not PUT my age on the internet. That may involve multiple layers of googling. Im so sorry you experienced a newsworthy family tragedy. ), I had overall responsibility for a couple of functions that I had no background in as you say, this often happens when you manage at what wed call executive level (C-level in other places maybe?). My manager illogically picked one arbitrary, very broad metric that relies on about 6 other departments doing their job well as the measure of my success. Similarly, if youre starting a business and file for a sole proprietorship, LLC or other type of corporation, you have to post your name and the name of the business in the local newspaper. Im not allowed to stalk you, break into your house, peep into your windows, or call your phone number 20 times a day and hang up. Ive never been tempted to Google coworkers, but I have Googled dates. Do I have to go inside to change my insurance information? : r/CVS - Reddit You will encounter the following words as you read "The Immigrant Contribution." Before reading, note how familiar you are with each word. Solved 5)CVS Health prohibits giving anything of value to a - Chegg This is like saying if you left your car unlocked, its your fault it was stolen. (Or the far worse victim shaming that happens. Couldnt those people just walk over to where ever the food is and grab some. I am constantly receiving Starbucks giftcards that are of no use to me, since I dont drink coffee or tea. What is an acceptable amount of internet research/snooping around on new coworkers? Well, a post like that should be something that an employer CAN follow up on. I suppose if it happened in a small town in the Northeast and you are now living thousands of miles away, it is less likely anyone would know if they didnt look you up. Start there. Or anything that comes up in a google search under their name? Third, not all the information was put out there by the individual. That makes sense to do. You know that checkbox that you have to click when you sign up, that says I give my permission for this to be published and for other people to see it? She likely thought she was helping, but she really overstepped. I came here to say this. I dont think doing a check on a date, coach or look up sex offender registries is insane at all. Im not looking for anything personal, and dont search deeply enough to find blog posts or social media (I dont even have an account on Facebook, so that limits what I might see there!). If youre uncomfortable with what the law decides is public information, thats on you. It was around 7pm, a group of us went to a casino when meetings were done, and one of us won a bunch of money from slots! Mr B works for a large multinational, a couple of times a year they send the at home people a gift card to the pizza chain they use when they bring in stuff for the workers.