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Facebook posts permit school district to remove teacher from tenured position.

  • Day Pitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
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  • February 19 2013

A New Jersey appellate panel has upheld the decision to fire a tenured first-grade teacher because of critical postings she made toward her students

Michigan becomes latest state to enact social media privacy law

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2013

Last week, Michigan enacted a social media privacy law that prohibits employers and educational institutions from requesting access to the personal social

California becomes third state to limit access to employees and students' social media accounts

  • Jackson Lewis LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • October 1 2012

Late last week, California Governor Jerry Brown "took to Twitter, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and MySpace to announce that he has signed two bills that increase privacy protections for social media users in California."

No password for you: california enacts social media privacy laws affecting employers and postsecondary educational institutions

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 28 2012

Addressing a recent hot topic regarding the forced disclosure of social media passwords andor content as part of the employment application process, California has promptly resolved the issue legislatively

Religious quotes in e-mail: violation of or protection by Title VII?

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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  • USA
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  • June 11 2012

Have you recently received an email from a colleague that contains a quotation in his email signature block that is either religious or inspirational?

No expectation of privacy in emails sent over employer's email account, Massachusetts court decides

  • Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 21 2012

Does an employer invade an employee’s privacy by accessing and reviewing the employee’s email?

Personal and professional email: access to information requests

  • Dentons
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  • Canada, United Kingdom
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  • May 17 2012

When a government employee uses workplace email to send and receive personal email, are those emails subject to disclosure under access to information laws?

Whose email is it? University does not control personal email of faculty members

  • Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang
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  • Canada
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  • May 10 2012

Who controls the personal email of public body employees on the public body’s email system?

The Feds weigh in on the social media password ban controversy for employers and schools

  • Fredrikson & Byron PA
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 30 2012

On Friday, Rep. Eliot Engel and Rep. Jan Schakowsky introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to stop employers from requiring applicants to divulge social media passwords

Invasion of privacy? - federal government secretly monitored personal webmail

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
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  • USA
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  • March 7 2012

A group of nine scientists and doctors recently sued the US government claiming that their personal Gmail accounts were under federal surveillance which led to harassment or dismissal for Food & Drug Administration (FDA) employees who were whistleblowers