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by nbadg 564 days ago
Also, there's no way to delete your account, or remove your email. Which is not just frustrating -- it's flatly against GDPR, CCPA, etc etc.

I relatively recently was looking for a new job, so I was curious to see how well my own search process compared to this. Then I was mildly annoyed to discover that they require email signup to actually view any details about the company or the job. So I give them my email. And then I was even more disappointed to discover that they require you to pay money to even see the link to a single actual job posting. Sorry, not gonna do that if I'm just trying to scratch the curiosity itch. So then I go to delete my account, and... nothing. No can do.

Honestly one of the quickest turnarounds from "oh, neat" to "jeez, what a disappointment" that I've had in recent times.

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I made a point to collect almost no information (only email) from the user (as opposed to Linkedin which asks for all sorts of data to sell) but happy to delete your account if you just email support. I also dislike having my data used or sold. That is not the purpose here, the feature to delete your account is just not yet there, appologies
UPDATE: You can now delete your account (under the 'My Account' tab within the /settings page)