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Employees Hit The Dislike Button – Proposed Florida Law Would Limit Employers Ability To Ask For Social Media Passwords
03 November 2015
Fox Rothschild LLP
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Recently, the Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee voted 5-1 to
support a draft bill (SB 186) which would prohibit employers from
requesting access to employees' private social media
accounts.
The draft bill would prohibit an employer from requesting the
user name, password, or any other means of accessing the social
media account of an employee or prospective employee, if the social
media account's contents are not available to the general
public.
Many states have already passed similar
legislation.
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