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Candidate onboarding and GDPR: common product mistakes

Published on 2026-04-165 min readFlorian

Candidate journeys often expose more than intended

Candidate onboarding gathers resumes, forms, attachments, emails, and internal notes. When product speed dominates, the security of that journey often becomes secondary.

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What commonly goes wrong

  • attachments too easy to fetch;
  • overly broad collection steps;
  • too much visibility between recruiters and managers;
  • permissive follow-up links.
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    Written by Florian
    Reviewed on 2026-04-16

    Editorial analysis based on official vendor, project, and regulator documentation.

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