Bosses two US states will now be unable by law to demand access to their workers’ social media accounts. Earlier, the employees weren’t protected by law if their bosses demanded access to their password-protected social networks, including the most popular one – Facebook.
More than 400 measures, including the ones which dealt with topics ranging from consumer protection to healthcare, were suggested and introduced last year. This particular social network protection legislation and a number of others came into effect 1 January, 2013, and more will take force later in 2013.
Despite the fact that employees are exempt from employers bullying their way into privately held accounts, the legislation doesn’t extend to protecting against data found publicly or otherwise on social networks – it only prevents private access. In other words, openly tweeting about an employer’s intrusive online snooping could still land employees in trouble. People are also recommended to keep in mind that the information held by social networks can still be accessible for law enforcement.
In the meantime, in Michigan, schools could be punished in any cases if they refuse to admit pupils who didn’t agree to provide personal data like passwords for private social networking and email accounts.
More than 400 measures, including the ones which dealt with topics ranging from consumer protection to healthcare, were suggested and introduced last year. This particular social network protection legislation and a number of others came into effect 1 January, 2013, and more will take force later in 2013.
Despite the fact that employees are exempt from employers bullying their way into privately held accounts, the legislation doesn’t extend to protecting against data found publicly or otherwise on social networks – it only prevents private access. In other words, openly tweeting about an employer’s intrusive online snooping could still land employees in trouble. People are also recommended to keep in mind that the information held by social networks can still be accessible for law enforcement.
In the meantime, in Michigan, schools could be punished in any cases if they refuse to admit pupils who didn’t agree to provide personal data like passwords for private social networking and email accounts.
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