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Social media password protection and privacy -- the patchwork of state laws and how it affects employers - May 2013

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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May 31 2013

Social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others have become a part of daily life in the United States and abroad.The

Social media password protection and privacy the patchwork of state laws and how it affects employers

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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May 2 2013

Social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others have become a part of daily life in the United States and abroad. The

New Jersey poised to enact the most aggressive social media password protection law to date, adding to a patchwork of conflicting laws across the U.S.

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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April 1 2013

New Jersey is expected to shortly join California, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, and Utah in prohibiting employers from seeking employee or applicant

Michigan's new "Internet Privacy Protection Act" sets limitations for employers and employees

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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January 4 2013

On December 28, 2012, Michigan joined California, Illinois, and Maryland in enacting a social media password protection law when Governor Rick Snyder

Michigan's new "social media password protection" law multiplies the challenges for employers seeking to investigate employees' social media misconduct

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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January 2 2013

Joining California, Illinois, and Maryland, Michigan has enacted its own social media password protection law, which went into effect with the governor's

California's new social media "password protection" law takes a more balanced approach by accounting for employers' legitimate business interests

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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October 10 2012

After a series of alleged incidents reported in the news media of employers (principally public employers) requesting or requiring access to employees' or applicants' personal social media accounts, legislators around the country rushed to introduce legislation in response to the public outcry

The National Labor Relations Board sheds useful light on key social media policy provisions

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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September 24 2012

Between summer 2011 and spring 2012, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Acting General Counsel drew substantial attention in his direction by publishing three lengthy Advice Memos, which expressed his views on the application of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to social media policy provisions and employers’ discipline based on employees’ personal social media content

Recently enacted New Jersey law shines spotlight on critical social media issue for healthcare employers

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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August 13 2012

When the photographs and videos flooding social media include images of patients or the victims of an accident or crime, it gives human resources professionals, compliance officers and in-house employment counsel at health care facilities heartburn and forces them to spring into action

Illinois' new social media password protection law handicaps employers' legitimate business activities

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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August 7 2012

On August 1, 2012, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law a bill modifying Illinois' Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act to limit employers' access to applicants' and employees' restricted social media accounts

Illinois' new social media password law raises substantial and unjustified obstacles to employers' legitimate business activities

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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May 29 2012

With last week’s approval by Illinois’ Senate of a House bill entitled, “The Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act,” Illinois (assuming the Governor signs the bill) will soon become the second state, joining Maryland, to forbid employers from requesting or requiring log-in credentials for an applicant’s or employee’s social networking site

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