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  • Today is Data Privacy Day. To mark it, Microsoft released research that found seven in 10 recruiters rejected job applicants because of indiscreet information they found online. So we'll say it again: If you are looking for a federal job, clean up your Facebook page. If you are looking to fill positions, don't be the manager who missed compromising information on a candidate.

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