Not as widely covered as a bill currently pending before the Massachusetts legislature that would ban employee non-competes in the Commonwealth is a lesser known bill, entitled “An Act Relative to Social Media Privacy Protection” (S.2118), that would prohibit employers from requiring employees or applicants to hand over their social media log-in information, or requiring employees to accept
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California Legislature Passes Bill To Extend Social Media Privacy Laws To Public Employers
Big Brother can’t ask for access to your “personal” social media accounts in the public hiring and employment setting except in certain narrow circumstances if Governor Jerry Brown signs a new social media privacy bill recently passed by the California legislature.
The California Senate passed a bill to extend California’s social media privacy law to public employers last week.
Washington State Passes Social Networking Privacy Legislation
On May 21, 2013, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law Senate Bill 5211, which with certain exceptions prohibits mandatory employee disclosure of ‘personal’ social-networking account information and profiles. The revised bill passed the Washington house and senate unanimously, and will go into effect on July 28, 2013. Washington thus became the ninth state to pass such legislation, which
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New Jersey Assembly Passes Revised Employee Social Media Privacy Bill
By Carlos Lopez, Caroline Keller and Chris Lowe
The New Jersey General Assembly voted today on a new version of an employee social media privacy bill which incorporates revisions suggested by Governor Chris Christie when he conditionally vetoed the bill on May 6, 2013. The Assembly passed the revised version with an overwhelming vote of 74-0. The bill is
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Utah, New Mexico, and Arkansas Pass Social Media Legislation Restricting Employer Access to Personal Social Media Accounts
By Jessica Mendelson and Robert Milligan
Social media legislation restricting access to personal social media accounts has been a hot topic in recent months, and as 2013 progresses, more and more states seem poised to pass such legislation. Here’s a roundup of some of the more recent social media legislation passed in Utah, New Mexico, and Arkansas:
Utah
Proposed Social Media Legislation On California Governor’s Desk
By Jessica Mendelson and Grace Chuchla
On September 12, 2012, California Assembly Bill 1844 was enrolled and presented to Governor Brown. This bill is the counterpart to the Social Media Privacy Act (SB 1349), which was approved by the California State Senate in August 2012. AB 1844 is the work of Assemblywoman Nora Campos (D-San Jose), and seeks to prohibit
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