Michigan Bans Employers, Schools From Demanding Access To Facebook Passwords
Michigan became the latest state to address the issue of employers seeking access to their employees’ passwords to Facebook and other social networks, as Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill introduced by Rep. Aric Nesbitt (R-Lawton) into law, prohibiting companies and schools from seeking social media user names and passwords.
Michigan became the latest state to address the issue of employers seeking access to their employees’ passwords to Facebook and other social networks, as Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill introduced by Rep. Aric Nesbitt (R-Lawton) into law, prohibiting companies and schools from seeking social media user names and passwords.
MLive reported on the passage of the bill, saying that employers are now forbidden from disciplining employees or rejecting job applicants who refuse to turn over their social media credentials, and adding that the same restrictions apply to universities, but not to accounts owned by those companies or schools.
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