An Illinois legislator has introduced a proposal that would bar employers from asking prospective employees for their usernames or passwords in order to gain access to their profiles on sites like Facebook or Twitter.
Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) introduced the bill (HB 3782) last spring, but the measure was recently taken up by the state legislature’s Labor Committee.
The bill would amend the state’s Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act to make it illegal for employers to gain access to a prospective employee’s account on any social networking site during the hiring process.
