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Category Archives: Social Media Legislation
CA Following MD with Employer Password Ban
California hates to be second in anything but it will be lucky to be the next state to enact legislation prohibiting employers from forcing employees or prospective employees to give up user name and passwords for personal social media accounts. … Continue reading
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MD Social Media Law: Employees Have Duties Too
Here is a good summary of the recently enacted employer social media restriction law. One thing I hadn’t seen in other discussion of the legislation is this section pertaining to employees: An employee “may not download unauthorized employer proprietary information … Continue reading
State Bars Give Daily-Deal Websites the Greenlight
Earlier this year, I pointed out that the Indiana State Bar Association had frowned on the Groupon-Like websites for lawyers. But now North Carolina, South Carolina and New York Bar Associations have all issued opinions that show how these … Continue reading
Password Please? New Bill Says “No!”
A few weeks ago, Facebook publicized its findings that employers were increasingly requiring potential and current job holders to hand over their passwords to their Facebook and other social networking profiles. This created a firestorm of outraged which has now … Continue reading
More Comment on TN Social Media Cyber-bully Law
Recently I mentioned this law enacted in Tennessee aimed at preventing cyber-bullying by creating a criminal statute that attempts to curb this activity. However, many think the law is overly broad. Here is further commentary on this controversial statute. Is … Continue reading
