Bills to ban employers from requiring disclosure of password

[Pigeon]

On the heels of a similar bill introduced last month. A group of Democrats today introduced legislation in both the House and Senate to prevent employers from forcing employers and job applicants into sharing information from their personal social networking accounts. In other words, Maryland may soon not be the only state that has banned employers demanding access to Facebook accounts. The Password Protection Act of 2012 (PPA) would also prevent employers from accessing information on any computer that isn't owned or controlled by an employee, including private e-mail accounts, photo sharing sites, and smartphones.

For a change some bills that are a step in the right direction to protect a person's rights. I cannot believe business thinks it should be able to require someone's passwords.

[Pana]

I don't understand how companies can legally 'demand' that information in the first place.