Spokespersons speaking on behalf of the company expressed their intent to appeal the ruling. OAIC further ordered Freelancer to issue a written apology to the individual and for staff to undergo additional training on the handling of sensitive. Legal issues 2015-2017In December 2015 the (OAIC) found Freelancer at fault for breaching the by violating the privacy rights of a former user and awarded that individual $20,000 in aggravated damages when Freelancer employees publicly exposed on Wikipedia and elsewhere the individual's, and other details after the individual wrote several critical comments and personal blog posts about the company.
On 2 April 2014, Freelancer acquired Ukraine based digital content marketplace-Fantero.In April 2015, Freelancer acquired, a provider of Internet escrow services based in the United States. The company has offices in Manila, Philippines Sydney, Australia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Buenos Aires, Argentina London, United Kingdom and Jakarta, Indonesia.īackgroundFreelancer has acquired several crowdsourcing marketplaces including Get A and (founded by Magnus Tibell in 2004, Sweden), LimeExchange (a former business of Lime Labs LLC, USA).com (founded by Rene Trescases in 2001, Canada) - one of the early pioneers in freelancing, Booking Center (Germany), .uk (United Kingdom), (USA), a forum for webmasters, and (founded by Ian Ippolito, USA).As of 29 March 2016, the company has set up 44 regional marketplaces and operates in 34 languages and 21 currencies. The top three job categories that most frequently get job requests are IT and software, 34% design, media and architecture, 31% and writing & content, 13%.
The company has recently announced its new move into home and local services, staying first in its home market of Australia.Most of Freelancer's users come from India, the United States, Philippines, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom, but it is represented through its user network in 247 countries, regions, and territories and in both emerging and developed markets. A series of account options are offered, ranging from free accounts through to professional subscriptions.Freelancer takes a 10% fee, which can be reduced with paid monthly membership, with a minimum fee of $5. The site's members receive a finite number of bids to use on the site, which are periodically replenished.
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