California Employers Can't Ask For Your Twitter Password Now - And They Shouldn't Have Been Asking Anyway
The good news: Employers can’t ask for your Twitter or Facebook password now!
The bad news: This update only applies to California.
The confusing news: Wait, that wasn’t illegal to begin with?
The Mercury News reports that “California, home to many of the world’s social media companies, now has the nation’s strictest privacy laws preventing your boss or college from surfing through the personal information you post on sites like Facebook [and Twitter].
It will be illegal for companies or universities to ask for access to your personal social media or email accounts under two bills signed Thursday by Gov.
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