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Some companies are requiring prospective employees to "friend" them on Facebook, and many are strongly encouraging employees to "like" their accounts and posts. Much sneakier than asking for passwords, but also a horrid abuse of power in the employer-employee relationship.
Giving your password out may not be illegal, but it is always against the Terms of Service (TOS) of every major social media service. That makes it at most a breach of contract, not a crime.
Here it is not allowed and would make the company vulnerable for large fines.
Facebook sells access to your pages to background search firms. We can use facial recognition software with a third party for instance on Facebook to find you even if your name is not listed.
For older folks meaning over 35. Myspace is great. Folks posted crap there 10-20 years ago and forgot about it but it is still there. Folks clean up facebook but forget about myspace
No, the employer will only get the access that is available publicly. I also do not have any friends on FB that are fellow employees. Work stuff stays on LinkedIn and fun stuff stays on Facebook. All are maintained to a high standard that even my mother would approve of.
No, I would never turn over my social network or any personal passwords to my employer. What I do on MY time is MY business. What I do on THEIR time, is their business.
There was a new "benefit" where I work, Identity Theft protection. This included social media reputation monitoring. Yes, there was a cost for this. I declined this service. Too risky that employer could monitor my personal activities.
Most companies do have social media policies on what you say about them or the clients. So the less you say on social media about work the better.
No, I would never turn over my social network or any personal passwords to my employer. What I do on MY time is MY business. What I do on THEIR time, is their business.
There was a new "benefit" where I work, Identity Theft protection. This included social media reputation monitoring. Yes, there was a cost for this. I declined this service. Too risky that employer could monitor my personal activities.
Most companies do have social media policies on what you say about them or the clients. So the less you say on social media about work the better.
^^^^^....This...."What I do on MY time is MY business"....
The US has at-will employment, meaning employees can be fired on a whim instantly with absolutely nothing other than their final paycheck.
Which means a boss can literally force employees to do absolutely anything (except anything sexual or actual crimes), and employees will do it out of fear of ending up on the streets.
This perspective is silly. People still have choice in what they do. No one is forced to do anything they don't want to do. Even if someone is afraid they'll lose their job, they still have a choice.
No. But I would expect that everything I post online is available to my employer and act accordingly.
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