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MN HF2982
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/29/2012
Primary Sponsor
John Lesch
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AI Summary
- Prohibits employers from requesting or requiring employees or prospective employees to provide usernames, passwords, or other account information to access social networking websites
- Defines "social networking Web site" as Internet-based services allowing users to construct public or semipublic profiles, create connection lists, and view/navigate connections within the system
- Excludes electronic mail from the definition of social networking websites
- Preserves employers' right to develop and maintain workplace policies governing use of employer electronic equipment, including policies on Internet use, social networking use, and electronic mail use
- Effective the day following final enactment
Legislative Description
Employers prohibited from requesting or requiring social network user names.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Regulatory Reform
3/29/2012
Committee Referrals
Commerce and Regulatory Reform3/29/2012
Full Bill Text
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