California Employers Can't Ask For Your Facebook Password

Posted by Soulskill on Friday September 28, 2012 @02:53AM from the californian-employees-like-this dept.

J053 sends word that California has passed legislation making it illegal for both colleges and employers to request social media account access from students, employees, and prospective hires. "Assemblymember Nora Campos, who authored the bill, called AB 1844 a 'preemptive measure' that will offer guidelines to the accessibility of private information behind what she calls the 'social media wall.' ... According to Campos' office, more than 100 cases currently before the National Labor Relations Board involve employer workplace policies around social media. Facebook has also said it has experienced an increase in reports of employers seeking to gain 'inappropriate access' to people's Facebook profiles or private information."

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Fr1st Ps0t!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-28 02:54 · Score: -1, Troll

Frosty Piss Y'all!
Re:Finally, a law recognizing privacy by daem0n1x · 2012-09-28 03:48 · Score: -1, Troll

Why should I be trolling? We have a constitution, and the right to privacy is there. And we have a labour legislation that guarantees employers don't have fuck to do with their employees private lives. We don't need to write a specific law for something that's blatantly abusive!