Recently, news spread that companies were asking job applicants and/or employees for their Facebook and other social media passwords.  Many raised the question whether this was legal.  Of course, there was also the debate about whether this was the right thing to do or simply bad business.  In reaction, California Senator Leland Yee stated that he planned to introduce legislation to prohibit employers from requiring disclosure of usernames or passwords from current employees or applicants.  Assemblywoman Nora Campos introduced a similar proposal (A.B. 1844) earlier this year.  It is scheduled to be heard by a committee on April 18, 2012.

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