Masking Personal Information

Some personal information candidates provide while completing a job submission or general profile can be masked after the candidates save the corresponding page.

The Date of Birth, Social Security Number and candidate user-defined fields can be configured such that if candidates enter a value in the field and save the page, the value is no longer displayed in the field and asterisks are displayed in place of the value on the Summary page.

If candidates save a page containing fields configured for masking and later edit their candidate profile or the job-specific application, the values remain masked and are not cleared. If candidates or employees enter a new value into one of those fields, the new value is not masked until the page is saved.

Likewise, if candidates or employees edit a field configured for masking and a drop-down list is involved, the current value is masked in the field, is not masked in the list and the user has no way of knowing which value is the current one. If no selection is made, the current value is retained and masked. If a new selection is made from the drop-down list, the selection is displayed normally in the field and is masked after the user saves the page.

Similarly, if candidates or employees edit a field configured for masking and multiple selections are possible, the current values are masked in the field. If new selections are not made, the current values are retained and masked. If new selections are made, they are displayed normally in the field and are masked after the user saves the page.

Candidates or employees might need to edit a date field configured for masking. In the case of a calendar picker, the calendar contains no indication of the current date selected. In the case of a drop-down list, the current value is masked in the field, is not masked in the list and the user has no way of knowing which value is the current one. If new a selection is not made, the current value is retained and masked. If a new selection is made, it is displayed normally in the field and is masked after the user saves the page.

Candidate user-defined fields that can be configured for masking can be of Text, Multilingual Text, Selection, Date, Number or Boolean type. The values that candidates enter will be masked in the following blocks of application flows that include them: Candidate Personal Information, Referrer Personal Information, Personal Information-Agency, Education, Work Experience, Basic Profile Information.

Configuration

Masking of personal information is not the default behavior at migration or in new zones. The following setting must be selected for each field (Date of Birth, Social Security Number, candidate user-defined field) whose content you want to mask.

Setting	Location
Personally Identifiable Information (in Career Section)	Configuration > [Recruiting] Administration > [Fields] Candidate