Editor’s Note: I’m pleased to present you with the last of this year’s “Reflections and Forecasts” series, provided to us by the extremely intelligent Judith Delaney. Judith is an attorney who specializes in social media law and online privacy issues. The information provided within this post is not to be taken lightly. These are important […]
Dissecting the Law: Employers Prohibited from Accessing Employees’ Social Media Accounts
Editor’s Note: Different states across the U.S. have been instating these new social media laws that prohibit employers from requesting access to an employee’s personal social media accounts. But what do these laws really mean? What are the exceptions to the rules and how do they apply to your organization? Judith Delaney, of TurnsonPoint Consulting, answers all […]
Local and International Laws for Protecting Your Social Media Accounts
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth part of a 4-part series on social media law: protecting the ownership of your social media accounts (for both employers and employees). Over the course of this week, we’ve looked at a 2011 case, PhoneDog vs. Kravitz, where a company sued a former employee for that employee’s Twitter account, used to […]
How to Create Policies to Legally Protect Your Brand’s Social Media Accounts
Editor’s Note: This is the third part of a 4-part series on social media law: protecting the ownership of your social media accounts (for both employers and employees). This week we’ve been exploring a 2011 case of an employer and former employee battling it out legally, over a Twitter account valued at $340,000. It’s a case […]
Do Social Media Accounts Legally Belong to the Employer or Employee?
Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a 4-part series on social media law: protecting the ownership of your social media accounts (for both employers and employees). Yesterday we looked at a 2011 court case that involved an employer and employee battling over a Twitter account valued at $340,000; and we answered the question of […]
