Specialist asks: What 'compare with me' consent means in Empatyzer

TL;DR:

  • Giving consent to be 'compared with' lets other users ask 'how to talk with someone like me' and factors your communication preferences into tailored recommendations.
  • Turning consent off removes your profile from the list of selectable people for such comparisons — you remain in the system, but no one can pick you as a relational example.
  • Disabling it increases privacy and limits how your data shapes group advice, but it doesn't automatically delete diagnostics or conversation history.

How does Empatyzer manage consent for profile comparisons?

Empatyzer allows you to consciously decide whether other users can use your profile when comparing and preparing advice for cooperation with you.

Features that can help:

  • Comparison: Only works when a person's profile can be used to compare with another user; disabling consent removes this possibility.
  • Talk to Em about a specific person: they can use the profile of a selected person when preparing a conversation only to the extent resulting from their visibility settings and consent to comparison.

See EmpatyzerLog in / sign upWatch video

In Empatyzer, 'consent to be compared' is a visibility setting that allows colleagues to select your profile as a reference when the system generates relationship guidance. With consent, the app can use your traits and communication preferences to match you with the asker and provide phrased, non-identifying tips presented as 'how to talk with someone like them.' This does not expose raw scores or full personal data. If you switch consent off, your account is removed from the list of people available for these comparisons, so others can no longer directly ask 'how to talk with me' based on your profile. That change doesn't automatically erase your diagnosis or chats — it only prevents your profile from being used as a model in others' advice. For teams and HR, aggregated statistics stay intact because Empatyzer relies on anonymized, pooled data rather than revealing individual results. Staying visible can make it easier for coworkers to access practical pointers for collaboration; turning the option off is a quick way to gain more privacy and control over who influences the advice. The setting is reversible at any time. Full account deletion is a separate action that removes you from Empatyzer and from aggregated reports.

Consent means allowing yourself to be chosen for comparisons and influencing relationship tips; switching it off removes you from available lists and increases privacy, but it doesn't delete your data or chats automatically.

Sources and research

  1. European Parliament & Council of the European Union. (2016). Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation). Official Journal of the European Union, L 119, 1–88. Source
  2. European Data Protection Board. (2020). Guidelines 4/2019 on Article 25 Data Protection by Design and by Default (Version 2.0). Source
  3. National Institute of Standards and Technology. (2020). Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations (NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5). https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-53r5 DOI: 10.6028/NIST.SP.800-53r5

Author: Empatyzer

Published:

Updated:

 

""

—