MI HB5523

Prohibits employers from requesting employees or job applicants to grant access to, allow observation of, or disclose passwords and login information for personal internet accounts.

Prohibits employers from discharging, disciplining, or failing to hire individuals for refusing to provide access to personal internet accounts.

Prohibits educational institutions from requesting students or prospective students to grant access to personal internet accounts and from expelling, disciplining, or failing to admit them for refusal.

Allows employers and educational institutions to require access information for employer-owned devices, employer-provided accounts, employer networks, and to investigate unauthorized transfer of proprietary information or work-related misconduct.

Establishes criminal penalties of up to $1,000 for violations and allows individuals to sue for injunctive relief, up to $1,000 in damages, plus attorney fees and court costs.