California employers and schools are now prohibited from social network snooping

2. messiah posted on 28 Sep 2012, 06:04 2 0

How did they get away with that on the first place???? Were schools on California really little Hitler regimes?

6. Droid_X_Doug posted on 28 Sep 2012, 09:19 1 0

By requesting the info. Absent an outright ban, employers can ask for whatever they want. Even with a ban in place, employers can still find out what a respective employee is doing online in many instances.

5. Droid_X_Doug posted on 28 Sep 2012, 09:15 1 0

It is pretty intimidating when you are interviewing for a job to be asked to provide log-in info on your personal accounts. If you refuse, you probably won't get the job....

The only way that practice stops is with a ban imposed by either state or federal authority. The Feds won't act, so it was up to the state.

7. superguy posted on 28 Sep 2012, 09:31 1 1

If they're going to ask for that information as a condition of employment, I'm not going to want to work for them.

I would do it on a one for one trade - meaning they give me their info. If they want to check up on me, then they should have no problem with me checking up on them to make sure they're not douches. I'm sure they'd understand my reasoning would be exactly the same as theirs. Therefore, they should have no problem with it.

If they do, citing privacy concerns, well, then why should I respect theirs if they're going to have no respect for mine? They can pound sand.