GadgetFan - Recently the U.S. Senate is preparing a bill that would stop employers or bosses in a company asks for a password Facebook and social networks of employees. Today in America's burgeoning trend of employers or employees the boss asks for a password.
Act to be known as the Password Protection Act Of 2012 This is the latest response from politicians on the employers who ask for a password its employees, with the pretext to see more of their employees or just monitor the activities of its employees.
Noted there are some cases that occurred in America. One is a teacher assistant in Michigan recently suspended for not teaching because he refused to give the password to the school superintendent Faceboknya.
According to Blumenthal sites, this bill would prohibit an employer force an employee or prospective employee to provide access to their personal accounts as a condition of employment. Additionally this bill would prohibit an employer to discriminate against employees or prospective new employees who refuse will not give me access to their accounts.
The bill proposed by Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Jeanne Shaheen (DN.H.), and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) will be provide financial penalties for employers who violate the Act.
Congressman Martin Heinrich said "Employers are demanding Facebook passwords or confidential information of employees on social networking is a terrible violation of privacy and an act that is against the law."
Heinrich also states that "Personal information such as race, religion, age, sexual orientation current and accessed frequently diprofil social network. By having access to such information and the employer can not discriminate against applicants who would otherwise be qualified for a job. "
Americans make up employee privacy protection regulations
Written By Unknown on Friday, May 18, 2012 | 11:02 AM
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