by the Brightmine Editorial Team
The following chart references laws passed by the states which addresses social media and password privacy protection for employees and applicants. The legislation generally aims to prohibit employers from requesting or requiring that employees and applicants provide user names, passwords and other ways of accessing personal information on social media websites as a condition of employment.

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