Passwords, Social Media Policy

Whose Social Media Account Is It, Anyway?

by Odia Kagan | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 5/16/2013

A detailed social media policy specifically addressing the ownership of social media accounts is key to a corporation’s ability to maintain ownership of an employee’s account after the employee leaves the corporation....more

NJ Gov. Vetoes Employer Facebook Password Request Ban

by Aaron Kase | Lawyers.com on 5/10/2013

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday vetoed a law passed by the legislature that would ban employers from asking for the social media passwords of workers and applicants. Christie said that he would sign the bill if it...more

Tweet, Follow, Or Get Out Of The Way: What All Employers Need To Know About Social Media In The Workplace

by Eric Gordon | Akerman Senterfitt on 3/21/2013

Facebook. Twitter. LinkedIn. YouTube. Blogs. Email. Texts. Social media in the workplace has become a fact of life for all employers. Companies are learning that these once feared social media sites can be powerful marketing...more

Does Your CEO Own Her LinkedIn Account? One Court Says Yes, But…

by Daniel A. Schwartz | Pullman & Comley, LLC on 3/21/2013

In legal circles, we’ve all been anxiously awaiting a result in the case of Eagle v. Morgan (download here) – a case out of Pennsylvania where the issue who owned a LinkedIn page and contacts (the employee vs. the employer)...more

More Trouble With Work-Related Social Media Accounts

by John Delaney, Jesse Soslow | Morrison Foerster - Social Media on 3/20/2013

We have written before about cases involving disputes between employers and employees over work-related social media accounts, but a new case out of Arizona federal court raises issues that appear to be unlike those we have...more

Don’t Let Your Employer Hijack Your LinkedIn Account

by Michele Bowman | Lawyers.com on 3/11/2013

While the Phonedog case is the one everyone thinks of when employer ownership of employees’ social media accounts comes up, another case indicates that it remains a very tricky issue. ...more

Socially Aware: The Social Media Law Update -- Volume 4, Issue 1 -- January/February 2013

by Amanda Bakale, Tiffany Cheung, Jacob Michael Kaufman, J. Alexander Lawrence, Christine E. Lyon, Julie O'Neill, Matthew R Galeotti, Jesse Soslow | Morrison Foerster - Social Media on 2/1/2013

In this issue of Socially Aware, our Burton Award-winning guide to the law and business of social media, we explore the challenges that arise when employers and employees battle over work-related social media accounts; we...more

New State Laws Prohibit Employers and Academic Institutions from Requesting Usernames and Passwords to Monitor Social Media...

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 1/23/2013

An increasing number of states are passing laws that prohibit employers and academic institutions from requesting or requiring employees, job applicants, students, and prospective students to turn over their social media...more

Sign Of The 'Times' - It's Still The Rage

by Michael Schmidt | Cozen O'Connor on 1/22/2013

Wow. Front page of the New York Times Business Section. This stuff must be important. Steven Greenhouse authored a piece in yesterday’s Times, in which he summarizes the lay of the land with social media and the...more

2013 California Labor & Employment Laws – Part 2 Of 4

by Hartnett, Smith & Paetkau on 1/18/2013

In this, the second of our series of posts on new laws affecting Labor & Employment law, we review changes to employees’ rights to privacy and access to their personnel files. ...more

Second of a series: Privacy and Security Issues for 2013

by Mintz Levin - Privacy & Security on 1/5/2013

Our series over the next 10 days will highlight the top issues, as we see them, in privacy and security for 2013. Yesterday, we looked at the increase in cybcersecurity disclosure by public companies, triggered by the...more

Whether Employers Like It Or Not, Social Media Privacy Laws Are Catching Fire

by Beth P. Zoller | XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis on 1/4/2013

Whether employers like it or not, social media privacy laws are the latest trend in protecting employee privacy. A handful of state legislatures have enacted laws prohibiting employers from requesting or requiring that...more

California Rings In 2013 With New Employment Laws

by Michelle Brauer Abidoye | FordHarrison on 12/28/2012

After the Mayans failed to predict the end of the world on December 21, 2012, it became apparent that California employers would have to comply with a string of new laws that take effect on January 1, 2013. Here is a summary...more

TechCon 2012 Recap: Should Schools Let Teachers Use Social Media in the Classroom?

by Franczek Radelet P.C. on 11/19/2012

Another hot topic that came up at our TechCon 2012 presentation on social media policies (which I blogged about earlier this month) is whether to allow teachers to use social media in the classroom. ...more

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