Careers Site - Activity Feed

Summary

Activity Feed check box defaults to ticked not GDPR compliant

Content

Hi,

We have noticed that in the Careers Portal in Settings there is a section called Privacy and a tick box for 'Publish my sharing activity to the Activity Feed and include me in the Top Referrers section.' . This tick box defaults to ticked and we have been advised by Oracle Support that it is not possible to change it. This goes against the GDPR guidance around Consent.

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Consent should be given by a clear affirmative act establishing a freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her, such as by a written statement, including by electronic means, or an oral statement. This could include ticking a box when visiting an internet website, choosing technical settings for information society services or another statement or conduct which clearly indicates in this context the data subject's acceptance of the proposed processing of his or her personal data. Silence, pre-ticked boxes or inactivity should not therefore constitute