Comments on: Does your employer own your LinkedIn contacts? http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2008/08/does-your-employer-own-your-linkedin-contacts/ Social media agency, online communities, marketing Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:39:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Recent Links Tagged With "employer" - JabberTags http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2008/08/does-your-employer-own-your-linkedin-contacts/comment-page-1/#comment-2221 Recent Links Tagged With "employer" - JabberTags Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:04:45 +0000 http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/?p=282#comment-2221 [...] by ccchapman on Sun 21-12-2008 What an Employer Wants Saved by phred6179 on Sat 20-12-2008 Does your employer own your LinkedIn contacts? Saved by adski on Fri 19-12-2008 Signs Your College is Not Very Prestigious Saved by [...] [...] by ccchapman on Sun 21-12-2008 What an Employer Wants Saved by phred6179 on Sat 20-12-2008 Does your employer own your LinkedIn contacts? Saved by adski on Fri 19-12-2008 Signs Your College is Not Very Prestigious Saved by [...]

]]> By: David Wallace http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2008/08/does-your-employer-own-your-linkedin-contacts/comment-page-1/#comment-867 David Wallace Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:03:36 +0000 http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/?p=282#comment-867 An interesting discussion and one certain to evolve as the value of social networks get tormented by ROI tests or other metrics. It's particularly relevant for me at ZoomInfo, where people often try to "own" online profiles -- not realizing they cannot control where data about them appears on the web. And we are introducing a plugin for Outlook called Zipi (shameless plug alert www.zoominfo.com/zipi) which lets you share business contacts only -- by ignoring webmail addresses -- if you want to EXPAND your network beyond people you already know. Who owns the contacts may be less relevant than whether they have value in building a) the company's turnover; b) an individual's career or c) all the above. Ultimately, this will come to resemble other policies, just as ome companies retain frequent flyer miles for business travel if they were racked up on company time. It's not right or wrong, legal or illegal. The programs just need to be communicated clearly, applied consistently and not changed without warning in some corporate grab for personal assets. An interesting discussion and one certain to evolve as the value of social networks get tormented by ROI tests or other metrics. It’s particularly relevant for me at ZoomInfo, where people often try to “own” online profiles — not realizing they cannot control where data about them appears on the web. And we are introducing a plugin for Outlook called Zipi (shameless plug alert http://www.zoominfo.com/zipi) which lets you share business contacts only — by ignoring webmail addresses — if you want to EXPAND your network beyond people you already know. Who owns the contacts may be less relevant than whether they have value in building a) the company’s turnover; b) an individual’s career or c) all the above.

Ultimately, this will come to resemble other policies, just as ome companies retain frequent flyer miles for business travel if they were racked up on company time. It’s not right or wrong, legal or illegal. The programs just need to be communicated clearly, applied consistently and not changed without warning in some corporate grab for personal assets.

]]> By: Stuart Glendinning Hall » Blog Archive » Are employers bleeding social capital? http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2008/08/does-your-employer-own-your-linkedin-contacts/comment-page-1/#comment-864 Stuart Glendinning Hall » Blog Archive » Are employers bleeding social capital? Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:35:14 +0000 http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/?p=282#comment-864 [...] PS: And of course this was backed up  was the recent case in the UK where an ex-employee of recruitment firm Hays was ordered to disclose details of his profile at social networking site LinkedIn. As Roderick Parks from Trampoline Systems said on this issue said at the time on my blog, these “developments represent the first signs of an impending turf war over social capital”. Of course employers may not be saavy to realise they are losing substantial social capital as individuals get away with taking their online contacts, another risk to consider as web 2.0 becomes even more embedded in the workplace. Wonder where they go for help in this regard? I suggest Trampoline Systems is a good place to start. There’s also discussion of this issue on Fresh Networks. [...] [...] PS: And of course this was backed up  was the recent case in the UK where an ex-employee of recruitment firm Hays was ordered to disclose details of his profile at social networking site LinkedIn. As Roderick Parks from Trampoline Systems said on this issue said at the time on my blog, these “developments represent the first signs of an impending turf war over social capital”. Of course employers may not be saavy to realise they are losing substantial social capital as individuals get away with taking their online contacts, another risk to consider as web 2.0 becomes even more embedded in the workplace. Wonder where they go for help in this regard? I suggest Trampoline Systems is a good place to start. There’s also discussion of this issue on Fresh Networks. [...]

]]> By: Kari http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/2008/08/does-your-employer-own-your-linkedin-contacts/comment-page-1/#comment-860 Kari Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:59:54 +0000 http://www.freshnetworks.com/blog/?p=282#comment-860 I'm really curious to know how exactly it would work if an employee left a company, and the employer used this argument to claim ownership of the former employee's network. Would the employee keep their profile, but remove certain contacts from their network (as specified by the employer)? Would the employee have to build a completely new profile upon leaving the company? I’m really curious to know how exactly it would work if an employee left a company, and the employer used this argument to claim ownership of the former employee’s network. Would the employee keep their profile, but remove certain contacts from their network (as specified by the employer)? Would the employee have to build a completely new profile upon leaving the company?

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