It's now illegal in California to ask for your employees' social media passwords

Reblogged from VentureBeat:

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Two new privacy-focused bills has been signed into law in California that prohibit employers and universities from asking for social media usernames and passwords from employees, students, and potential hires.

We first heard about the unsettling trend in March where recruiters would ask for an applicants' Facebook login credentials. Facebook immediately denounced the practice and the U.S. and U.K. governments…

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