McDonald's AI hiring platform McHire faced a limited security breach affecting five candidate records despite reports suggesting millions were compromised.

AI tools have become essential for tasks like data collection and recruitment, but McDonald's faced significant issues due to ...

The leak involved the company’s McHire platform used in various countries including the U.S. and Canada to collect resumes, sensitive data and details from applicants’ personality tests.

A security oversight in McDonald’s AI-powered hiring platform “McHire” was found exposing sensitive applicant data belonging to as many as 64 million job seekers.

But incidents like the one Klein faced — a squeeze from a small or medium-sized firm — are a reminder that data privacy cuts across all organizations. SIDEBAR: A primer on Canada’s data ...