Protect Yourself Against “Doxxing”

What is Doxxing?

Doxxing refers to gathering an individual’s Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and disclosing or posting it publicly, usually for malicious purposes such as public humiliation, stalking, identity theft, or targeting an individual for harassment. *

*Definition from United States Department of Homeland Security. Learn more here.

Career & Life Design Center’s Statement on Doxxing: The Career & Life Design Center will not tolerate harassment and has the right to remove someone’s access to resources like Handshake and the Bantam Career Network, should we learn that students or alumni are harassing current Trinity students.

If you have experienced online harassment and would like to report it, please contact the Campus Climate Response Team.

How Career & Life Design Can Help Trinity Students & Alumni

Our team encourages current students and alumni to meet in-person or virtually, to create a strategy for personal and professional branding and protection.

Learn how to curate an online presence, create a professional image, and make a positive first (and lasting) impression. Discuss ways to develop your professional network and forge meaningful conversations as well as the importance of building strong references.

Trinity students and alumni may schedule appointments via Handshake or email us at careers@trincoll.edu with any questions or concerns.

Online Safety Tips from the Library & Information Technology Services (LITS)

View ways to better secure your personal information online, here. Learn more ways to shield your personal information through the National Cybersecurity Alliance.

For more information on cybersecurity, please contact the Information Security Team (IST).

Additional Resources for Doxxing Prevention

• “Harvard’s career services center is also ‘reaching out to employers independently to vouch for students and to discredit the doxxed profiles.'” (The Harvard Crimson)

• “If you have been targeted/doxxed, consider the following actions…” (Columbia’s Doxxing Resources)

• “Initially, doxxing was used by hackers to “out” the identities of fellow bad actors/hackers.  However, more recently, it has been used to attack users with opposing viewpoints.” (Berkeley’s Office of Ethics)

• “You can take steps that reduce your risk of being doxxed. ” (Tufts Article – Israel Hamas War & Doxxing)

If you’ve been a victim of doxxing, especially through one of the career platforms, please contact the Career & Life Design Center at careers@trincoll.edu, and we’ll help you schedule an appointment with a member of our team to discuss further.