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What Do You Think of Employers Asking Potential Employees for Their Facebook Passwords?

By: Chris Pothering. On Mar. 28. 2012. Filed under Employment Law, Facebook, Privacy, Stored Communications Act.

As the general population has become more and more savvy with their use of social media, employers are finding that employees are making more of their information online private and, therefore, off-limits to snooping by employers.  Frustrated by the lack of information, some employers have been asking potential employees for their Facebook password or asking potential employees to sign into their Facebook accounts in front of the employer.  Although this practice has been going on

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