Did you ever regret posting things about yourself on Facebook that you realized may come back to haunt you?
Yesterday I found an article and it was a message from Facebook saying "Don't reveal your password to snooping employers." I always thought that employers had the right to look up any personal information on their employees, including Facebook and most social networking sites. Facebook advises their account users to "just say no" if an employer ever requests access to an employee's Facebook account.
As a result of this statement made by Facebook, there were growing number of complaints from employers. To make their position very clear, Facebook published a post yesterday, entitled "Protecting Your Passwords and Your Privacy," communicating that they undermine both the security and the privacy of their user's and their user's friends. Facebook mentions that employers could face legal issues as a result of their "snooping." That is why Facebook has certain guidelines that protects user's private information and communications.
Erin Egan, Chief Privacy Officer of Policy for Facebook continued to address this issue and referenced Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities to remind user's that they are protected by Facebook under the Right of Privacy Act.
What's your opinion? Do you think employers have a right to snoop? Do they have a right to ask for your password to access your account? Has social networking gotten out of hand?
Until next time...
Bye for now,
Laurie
