Well if the employer is in the EU, they won't. So it's a win for EU, they get a potentially skilled employee.
USA privacy laws are bad enough you can get sicced by a private investigator most of the time with no questions asked, no repercussions.
USA privacy laws are bad enough you can get sicced by a private investigator most of the time with no questions asked, no repercussions.
They would, of course. Unless, someone's planning to build a whole Chinese-style censorship state, it's not possible to disallow to obtain information through VPN.
I've never encountered one in Germany and we certainly don't do them with potential applicants at my place of employment. (No idea whether this is because of a law or for different reasons)