TAKING AWAY

PRIVACY?

The question is…

Is it an invasion of privacy for businesses to

look at private social media pages?

“Invasion of privacy is the intrusion

into the personal life of another,

without just cause, which can give

the person whose privacy has been

invaded a right to bring a lawsuit for

damages against the person or

entity that intruded…”

“It encompasses workplace

monitoring, Internet privacy, data

collection…”

So when did this…

…involve these?

Social Media’s Movement

• No such thing as Facebook

• No such thing as Twitter

Privacy

• Facebook started out small

• Twitter was not launched

Some Social Media • Whole world on

Facebook

• Twitter growing

Social Media Bombardment

Social media

Managers viewing publicly available

Facebook and Twitter accounts

An increase in both aspects

KEY WORD: PUBLICLY

• User allowing activity to be seen

• Managers can easily view

Public Page

• Done to keep private

• All entitled to private livesPrivate Page

Facebook was designed in a way that allows

users to limit their profiles availability

That makes employer’s asking to view employee’s private

pages, or for their password…

an invasion of privacy

“It’s an invasion of privacy for private

employers to insist on looking at people’s

private Facebook pages as a condition of

employment or consideration in an

application process.”

-ACLU attorney Catherine Crump

“Asking for your Facebook password is like

demanding the key to your house, your alarm

code, and to be put on your bank account as a

signer.”- David Gewirtz

What employer’s should be focusing on

Resumes

Interviews

Background checks

Because in reality, what is more

important?

How someone uses social media?

Or their work ethics?

The answer is clear

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Businesses looking at private social media pages…

Invasion

of

privacy

Works Cited

American Civil Liberties Union of Man 2012. “Invading Privacy Through Facebook.”

Blog of Rights 2012. “Your Facebook Password Should be None of Your Boss’

Business.”

Lenard, George 2012. “Employers Using Facebook for Background Checking, Part I.”

LeVine, Marc 2012. “Employers May Destroy Social Media Marketing Through

Invasion of Privacy.”

Protalinski, Emil 2012. “Employers Demanding Facebook Passwords is Privacy

Invasion.”