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Protecting privacy or enabling fraud? Employee social media password protection laws may clash with FINRA rules
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- May 8 2013
As a growing number of states pass legislation which will protect individuals' social media accounts from employer scrutiny, they have encountered a
Utah’s new internet employment privacy law continues a growing trend
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- April 2 2013
On March 26, 2013, Utah joined Maryland, Illinois, California, and Michigan as the fifth state to prohibit employers from requesting that job
5 best practices for employers addressing social media use in the workplace
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- January 7 2013
For the second year in a row, Proskauer has conducted a global survey, "Social Media in the Workplace Around the World 2.0", which addresses the use of
New Year's watch: state laws take effect to prohibit employers from mandating that job applicants and employees divulge social media passwords
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- January 3 2013
With the start of the New Year, the laws of four states (Maryland, Illinois, California, and Michigan) prohibit employers from requiring job applicants or
New California law protects employee use of social media
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- September 28 2012
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a new law protecting employee use of social media by prohibiting an employer from requiring or requesting an employee or applicant for employment to disclose a username or password for the purpose of accessing the employee’s personal social media
Illinois second state to prohibit employers from requiring applicants and employees to divulge social media passwords
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- August 8 2012
On August 1, 2012, Illinois' governor signed a law (Public Act 097-0875) to make it unlawful for an employer to request or require that an applicant or employee provide any password or other related account information in order to gain or demand access to the account or profile on a social networking website
Acting NLRB GC issues additional report on social media - somewhat useful
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- May 30 2012
The Acting General Counsel of the NLRB has issued today an "updated" report on social media cases
Friend request rejected: Maryland bans employers from asking employees for their social media passwords
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- April 20 2012
Maryland became the first state to pass legislation (House Bill 964 and Senate Bill 433) that prohibits employers from asking employees and job applicants for their social media passwords
French employees should check their privacy settings before posting on social media platforms
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- France
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- February 28 2012
It may seem obvious to a lay person that employees should refrain from insulting their companies on social media due to the threat of termination for cause; however, there are contradictory legal principles that apply to the use of social media by employees which can be used both for and against employees (i.e. freedom of speech, right to privacy, data protection laws, an employer’s right to take disciplinary action, public insult offense, etc
Who owns an employee's Twitter and other online accounts?
- Proskauer Rose LLP
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- USA
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- December 8 2011
In this era of multiple online communication channels, and in an environment of increased employee mobility, employers need to focus on the legal and practical ways of securing their ownership of online company accounts that are registered or otherwise created by employees or contractors
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