Labor/Employment
Jun. 30, 2012
Can businesses demand your social media passwords?
States are cracking down on employers who ask for employee user names and passwords to social networking sites.
Just imagine arriving to work on July 5 and your employer demands your Facebook, Twitter, Pinterist and Instagram user name and password. Suddenly, your mind races to the previous day, celebrating our great nation's independence. You have a fuzzy recollection of photos and banter you posted to your friends, not your employer! Or perhaps July 6 you finally landed an interview for the job of a lifetime, and your dream employer has just asked you for what you consider private personal infor...
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