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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

Social media policies in the NLRB's crosshairs

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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October 9 2012

Between the summer of 2011 and the spring of 2012, the Acting General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, Lafe Solomon, published three Advice Memos1 that expressed his views on the application of the National Labor Relations Act to social media policies

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

Littler Mendelson's Privacy and Data Protection Practice Group Chair Philip Gordon interviewed about Illinois social network password law

Littler Mendelson
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USA
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June 1 2012

The Illinois Senate and House passed a bill that will soon make their state the second in the country to have a law prohibiting employers from asking employees for their credentials to social networking sites

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