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Sort by:  | North Carolina is the Latest State to Propose Barring Employers from Accessing Employee Social Media Accounts . . . and Why These Laws Can be Troublesome for Business
Richard Sheinis; Hall Booth Smith, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article June 13, 2013, previously published on June 10, 2013 The North Carolina House recently passed the Job and Education Privacy Act (House Bill 846), which would prohibit employers from requesting that an employee or job applicant grant access to their personal electronic account or social networking account. The law would also prohibit employers from...
| | Congress Seeks to Ban Practice of Employers Asking for Social Network Passwords
Richard Sheinis; Hall Booth Smith, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 8, 2012, previously published on May 3, 2012 The controversial issue of employers demanding that job applicants provide their login and password for their social networking account such as Facebook, has made its way to the U.S. Congress. The Social Networking Online Protection Act ("SNOPA") was introduced in the House of...
| | Data Protection Weekly Special Edition
Richard Sheinis; Hall Booth Smith, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article April 11, 2012, previously published on April 4, 2012 Each year since 2004, Verizon has released a Data Breach Investigative Report. The 2012 Report (based on 2011 data) is now available. The Report, which contains a compilation and analysis of reported breaches, should be of interest to business owners, insurers, auditors, security experts, and...
| | Data Protection
Richard Sheinis; Hall Booth Smith & Slover, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article February 8, 2012, previously published on February 3, 2012 A recent case in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California highlights two important emerging issues in the data protection arena. The first issue is the concern of data breaches by employees and ex-employees. The second issue is the understanding of the legal complexities...
| | Using Facebook to Obtain Information During Discovery
Richard Sheinis; Hall Booth Smith & Slover, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article December 13, 2011, previously published on December 7, 2011 "Digging up dirt" on a former employee who filed suit against your company can often provide useful ammunition to challenge their credibility. Social networking sites can be a fertile garden for your digging, but how do you get access to the former employee's social media site? Is it...
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