If you’ve missed this development of late, the word on the street is that prospective employers are not just using Google to search for whatever may be available on the Internet — they are asking applicants to provide their Facebook passwords to allow the prospective employer to peruse their Facebook page. Our colleagues over at… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Expectation of Privacy
More on Supreme Court Ruling in Quon
Posted in Employee PrivacyAnd as promised in our last post, here is the latest Client Advisory on the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Quon case.
Federal Trade Commission hosts privacy roundtable today
Posted in Online AdvertisingThe FTC kicks off the first in a series of “roundtable” discussions to explore privacy challenges posed by 21st technology and business practices that collect and use consumer data. Today’s roundtable is being held in Washington, DC, and will focus on data collection, use and retention, consumer expectations of privacy, online behavioral advertising, information brokers… Continue Reading
Some startling statistics regarding social networking issues in the workplace……
Posted in Employee PrivacyYou might be surprised to know that social networking policies, governing employee use of blogging, Facebook, Twitter and the like, are still a rarity at many business, including teaching hospitals. And, you might be equally surprised to hear that studies are revealing that medical students are displaying cavalier attitudes towards the protection of patient confidentiality…. Continue Reading
What is “reasonable expectation of privacy” in an employment context?
Posted in Employee PrivacyWritten by Cynthia and Jennifer A recent decision by the Maine Supreme Court highlights the tension between an employee’s reasonable expectation of privacy in conducting personal business through a company’s computer system and the individual’s right to prevent the company’s publishing of such material. In Fiber Materials, Inc. v. Subilia, the Maine Supreme Court dismissed… Continue Reading
