Social Media, Passwords, New Legislation

Arkansas' Social Media Statute: What It Tells Us, What It Doesn't

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 2/24/2020

In August 2013, Arkansas enacted a statute intended to regulate employers’ ability to access social media account of employees. This statute, entitled “Social Media Accounts of Current and Prospective Employees,” applies to...more

Gifts that Don’t Quite Fit in Your Stocking: New Employment Laws Taking Effect in 2017

Franczek P.C. on 12/23/2016

A number of new state or local laws are set to take effect in Illinois in 2017 which will require employers to update their employee handbooks, employment agreements, and other policies and procedures. We address the key...more

New Maine Social Media Privacy Law Takes Effect October 15, 2015

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/12/2015

Maine has become the latest state to restrict employers’ ability to access social media accounts of employees and applicants. A new Maine statute, which will go into effect on October 15, 2015, prohibits a broad range of...more

Social Media Employee Privacy Laws – The New Majority Approach?

McGuireWoods LLP on 9/29/2015

As the old Bob Dylan song goes, “the times they are a-changin’.” While I suspect his message may have been intended for a more meaningful topic than social media employee privacy laws, his words do ring true. When Maryland...more

Maine joins the mainstream with new social media law

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 8/14/2015

Joining more than 20 other states, and many of its sister states in the Northeast, Maine has passed a social media law that prohibits employers from requiring employees or applicants to provide them with their social media...more

Connecticut Joins States That Protect Personal Online Accounts of Employees

Proskauer - Privacy & Cybersecurity on 7/9/2015

Connecticut has joined a list of twenty-one states with a statute designed to preserve the privacy of personal online accounts of employees and limit the use of information related to such accounts in employment...more

Trendsetter or Outlier? Oregon Adds New Twist to Password Protection Laws

Littler on 6/18/2015

Since early 2012, 21 states have enacted some form of "password protection" law. Although these laws vary substantially by state, their common thread is the intention to restrict employers' ability to access content in...more

New Connecticut Online Privacy Law Protects Prospective & Current Employees

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 5/27/2015

Last week, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed a law to protect prospective and current employees from employer interference with their “personal online accounts.” The new law, which will take effect on October 1,...more

Don’t Tweet On Me!

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/20/2015

Following a national trend, Montana and Virginia have become the nineteenth and twentieth states to enact laws restricting employer access to the social media accounts of applicants and employees. Virginia’s law, which...more

Tennessee’s New Social Media Law Gives Employers Dos and Don’ts Regarding Employee Privacy

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/6/2015

All Tennessee employers and their agents must now comply with the “Employee Online Privacy Act of 2014,” a new law that prohibits employers from asking their employees for their usernames and passwords to social media sites,...more

New Jersey Employers May Not "Like" State's New Social Media "Privacy Settings"

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/13/2013

On August 29, 2013, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law a new measure prohibiting employers from requiring employees or job applicants to provide login information or allow employer access to their accounts on...more

New Jersey Becomes Latest Jurisdiction to Pass Social Media Privacy Laws for Employees

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP on 9/10/2013

On August 29, 2013, New Jersey became the latest jurisdiction to enact legislation which prohibits employers from requiring job candidates or current employees to provide their user names and passwords to personal social...more

New Jersey’s New Social Media Privacy Law: Balancing Employee Rights And Employer Protections

Troutman Pepper on 9/9/2013

New Jersey has now joined the growing list of jurisdictions seeking to regulate the extent to which employers can monitor their workers’ social media presence. Currently, eleven other states – Arkansas, California, Colorado,...more

New Jersey Becomes the Twelfth State to Enact Social Media Password Protection Legislation; Recent Amendment to Illinois’ Law...

Littler on 9/5/2013

On August 29, 2013, New Jersey became the twelfth state to enact social media password protection legislation, continuing the nationwide trend towards imposing some form of restriction on employer access to the restricted,...more

New Jersey Social Media Privacy Bill Signed Into Law

Cole Schotz on 9/5/2013

On Thursday, August 29, 2013, New Jersey’s Governor Christopher Christie signed bill A-2878 into law. This law places New Jersey in line with the growing trend of states restricting employers’ ability to require job...more

Illinois Amends Social Media Law Enacted Just Last Year

Proskauer Rose LLP on 8/20/2013

On August 1, 2012, Illinois became only the second state (after Maryland) to restrict employer access to an applicant's or employee's social media account....more

Don’t “friend me”: More State Law Limitations on Accessing Employee Social Media Sites

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 8/13/2013

Effective July 28, 2013, Washington became the eleventh state to have a law prohibiting employers from, among other things, asking its personnel for the user names and passwords to employee social media accounts....more

Making Sense of the Complex Patchwork Created by Nearly One Dozen New Social Media Password Protection Laws

Littler on 7/2/2013

The legislative torrent has been virtually unprecedented in the area of workplace privacy. In a single season, spring 2013, seven states enacted social media password protection legislation, bringing the total number of...more

Employers Cannot Access Applicant or Employee Personal Social Media Accounts, Says Nevada

Proskauer Rose LLP on 6/27/2013

On June 13, 2013, Nevada's governor signed A.B. 181 to restrict employer access to applicants' and employees' personal password-protected social media accounts, adding to the state's existing anti-discrimination statute that...more

Colorado Legislative Wrap-Up

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/20/2013

The 2013 Colorado legislative session resulted in three new laws that are significant for employers....more

Why Can’t We Be “Friends”? Because The Oregon Legislature Says So

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/10/2013

Riding a wave of national news stories about employers forcing applicants or employees to turn over social media passwords as a condition of employment, the Oregon legislature recently passed House Bill 2654....more

Oregon Passes Social Media in the Workplace Law

Littler on 6/10/2013

On May 22, 2013, Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber signed into law House Bill 2654, making Oregon the tenth state to enact a law prohibiting employers from accessing employees' private social media sites. The new law, which...more

As the Dust Settles: Watered-Down Non-Compete Bill Passes; Social Media Password Bill Fails

Pullman & Comley, LLC on 6/7/2013

The dust is still settling from the mad dash that is the end of the Connecticut General Assembly session. ...more

Oregon Says No to Employers Accessing Applicant and Employee Personal Social Media Accounts

Proskauer Rose LLP on 6/6/2013

On May 22, 2013, Oregon's governor signed HB 2654, which amends the state's existing antidiscrimination statute to restrict employer access to applicants' and employees' personal password-protected social media accounts....more

Washington State Joins Trend of New Social Media Laws

Proskauer Rose LLP on 5/23/2013

On May 21, 2013, Washington's governor signed SB 5211 into law, making Washington the latest state to prohibit employers from requiring or requesting that prospective and current employees disclose their username and password...more

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