Oklahoma to Prohibit Employer Access to Private Social Media | JD Supra

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On November 1, 2014, Oklahoma will join a number of other jurisdictions that prohibit employers from gaining access to passwords to employee or applicant social media accounts or from viewing non-public information maintained on such an account. Many states have these laws to override employer policies that required employees and applicants to provide passwords to personal social media accounts or to otherwise give employers access to content of these accounts. Oklahoma’s statute will cover employers that pay at least one individual with a salary or wages, or contract or subcontract with the state (or its agencies) to furnish material or perform work.

Under the new law, an employer may not require an employee or applicant to disclose a user name and password or other means of authentication (“authentication information”) for accessing a personal online social media account through an electronic communications device. Nor may an employer access an employee or applicant’s personal online social media account in a manner that allows the employer to observe contents of the account otherwise shielded from the general public, unless the access is pursuant to an investigation permitted under the new law.

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