Can your Employer Require your Facebook Password?

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From the Dougherty Report news desk:

This week the Dougherty Report‘s Executive Producer, Michael Serio, talked with Attorney Donna Ballman about some employers now requiring access to their employees’ Facebook account. More and more employers are now making it a condition that prospective new hires also supply the confidential information.

Are employer’s forcing their employees to commit a “Term of Service” (TOS) violation?

Here’s what our guest had to say and how to protect yourself:

Elizabeth Dougherty has been a writer for over 10 years, and holds a Bachelor’s degree, Magna Cum Laude from NYIT. She has been a talk show host of nearly 300 episodes of radio which air each Saturday morning at 8 on the Business Talk Radio Network nationwide, Saturday afternoons at 4 on flagship WWBA AM820 News, and Sunday mornings at 8 on the Space Coast on WIXC AM1060 News, respectively. You can read her articles and hear previous shows on her podcast page on the The Dougherty Report website and on Facebook.