Sales of Rikunabi “decided declining”, paying attention to public works, September 4: 20:06 from the perspective of the Antimonopoly Act

The issue of the job information website “Rikunavi” that was sold to companies by quantifying the possibility that a student declined a job offer was announced from the perspective of the Antimonopoly Act. I showed the idea to watch carefully.

Recruit Career who operates “Rikunavi” quantifies the possibility of declining the job offer of students who are job hunting using the site and sells it to companies, and about 8,000 students have not obtained the consent of the person did.

At the press conference on the 4th, Mr. Yamada of the Fair Trade Commission said, “As data gathering and use for business are becoming widely practiced, data handling can be a competitive issue. It is also indicated in the draft guidelines announced this time. "

Regarding the handling of personal data, the Fair Trade Commission, on the 29th of last month, said that if a giant IT company called “Platformer” provided personal data to a third party without obtaining the consent of the consumer, We have published a draft guideline for “prohibited abuse of superior status”.

Mr. Yamada said, “We will refrain from commenting on whether each company is a platformer, but we will be interested in the transactions between consumers and actors with various characteristics.” "This case of" "showed the idea to pay attention to whether there is no problem from the perspective of antitrust law.