"Senators seek probe of employers seeking Facebook info"
March 27, 2012
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225578/Senators_seek_probe_of_employers_seeking_Facebook_info
Article 2
"Employers warned against demanding Facebook details from staff"
March 26, 2012
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/26/employers-warned-facebook-login-details
Article 3
"Senators Question Employer Requests for Facebook Passwords"
March 25, 2012
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/26/technology/senators-want-employers-facebook-password-requests-reviewed.html
Notes
- Articles discussed whether employers asking for Facebook passwords during job interviews are violating federal law
- Relevant to class because most students have a Facebook account and we must be careful of what we put available for all to see. This might cost us a job. We all know anything we put on the internet is public information.
- Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer and Richard Blumenthal have contacted the Deparment of Justice and the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to launch investigations
- Facebook warned employers not to request logins and passwords from applicants since this would go against the terms of service
- Only article 3 uses Facebook account image
- Article 1 states it's more than just login and password request from Facebook, but other social networking sites including Google+
- Article 2 states Information Commissoner's office in the UK has warned employers of requesting logins and passwords from potential employees as well as current employees
- From Article # 3 "Facebook profiles often include personal information such as gender, race, religion and age – all details that are protected from being used to determine employment suitability by federal employment law. The same strictures apply in the UK."
