Illinois Becomes Third State to Pass Social Media Privacy Law

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“Illinois became the third state to pass a law on social media privacy, prohibiting employers from requiring employees or job applicants to provide access to their social media accounts.

Keep your passwords to yourself — at least, in the land of Lincoln.

On Wednesday, Illinois became the third state to pass a law prohibiting employers from requiring employees or job applicants to provide access to their social media accounts. As Law Blog noted back in March, some employers were asking applicants for Facebook usernames and passwords as part of the interview process.”

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