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SNOPA legislation would bar employers from social network passwords
By John Fontana | April 27, 2012, 1:33pm PDT
Summary: The proposed Social Networking Online Protection Act is designed to shield the social networking passwords of job applicants and students.
New York congressman Eliot Engel Friday introduced SNOPA, legislation to protect users of social networking from having to grant employers or schools access to their personal sites.
The Social Networking Online Protection Act would restrict current or potential employers ?from requiring a username, password or other access to online content.?
The legislation would prevent employers from seeking access to social networking sites ?to discipline, discriminate or deny employment to individuals, nor punish them for refusing to volunteer the information.?
Read more about at: http://www.zdnet.com...k-passwords/444
By John Fontana | April 27, 2012, 1:33pm PDT
Summary: The proposed Social Networking Online Protection Act is designed to shield the social networking passwords of job applicants and students.
New York congressman Eliot Engel Friday introduced SNOPA, legislation to protect users of social networking from having to grant employers or schools access to their personal sites.
The Social Networking Online Protection Act would restrict current or potential employers ?from requiring a username, password or other access to online content.?
The legislation would prevent employers from seeking access to social networking sites ?to discipline, discriminate or deny employment to individuals, nor punish them for refusing to volunteer the information.?
Read more about at: http://www.zdnet.com...k-passwords/444
