General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5690
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 1719
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. ZONI, 81st Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5690
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 1719
Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES
Introduced by:
REP. ZONI, 81st Dist.
AN ACT PROHIBITING EMPLOYERS FROM REQUESTING ACCESS TO THEIR EMPLOYEES' PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to prevent current or potential employers from requesting or requiring that employees or potential employees provide passwords to their personal social media accounts as a condition of their employment.
Statement of Purpose:
To protect employee privacy by barring employers or potential employers from requiring employees to provide passwords to their personal accounts as a condition of employment.