by Stephen Hans | May 23, 2018 | Social Media Accounts
Where should you draw the lines as employers? A trend exists where employers increasingly allow employees to use their own mobile devices, including laptops, tablets and smart phones, in the workplace to do their jobs. They can use their own devices to access...
by Stephen D. Hans | Jun 29, 2014 | Social Media Accounts
Social media is a new legal frontier and laws are pending or being passed to keep pace with this advance in technology. As an employer, is it legal to ask employees or job applicants for their social media user names and passwords? The NY legislature proposed a bill...
by Stephen D. Hans | Oct 10, 2013 | Social Media Accounts, Uncategorized
In 2012, state legislatures started introducing laws to restrict employers from obtaining user names and passwords to employees’ personal and private social media accounts. As 2013 rolls forward, the trend is continuing with proposed legislation 26 states . ...
by Stephen D. Hans | Mar 29, 2012 | Social Media Accounts
Author: Stephen D. Hans, Hans & Associates, P.C. As Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn become integrated with doing business, companies and employees need to think about legal implications. Is your activity on a Twitter account proprietary to the company? Can a...
