The Uniform Law Commission recently announced that it intends to propose legislation in 2016 that would seek to bring uniformity and consistency to social media privacy legislation across the states, particularly in the 27 states that have not passed such legislation. It would apply both to employer access to employees’ social media account information and to university access to students’ social media account information.
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Model Social Media Privacy Legislation to be Proposed in 2016
Jan 1, 2016 | Data Protection & Privacy, Social Media
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