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New Hampshire Joins the Growing Number of States Limiting Employer Access to Employee Online Accounts

By Joseph J. Lazzarotti on August 13, 2014
Posted in Background Checks, Data Security, Identity Theft, Information Risk, Monitoring, Photos, Videos and Surveillance, Social Networking, Workplace Investigations

Effective September 30, 2014, New Hampshire joins sixteen other states (Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin) in prohibiting employers from requiring employees or job applicants to disclose their login information for accessing any “personal account” or service through an electronic communication device. Similar to laws in the other states, the New Hampshire measure sets out a number of prohibitions on employers, as well as a number of activities not probihited under the law. Those provisions are discussed here. As we’ve noted previously, employers need to ensure that managers, supervisors, and others understand the limitations placed upon them when engaging with or investigating applicants and employees, and when using more intrusive monitoring techniques.

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Joseph J. Lazzarotti is a principal in the Tampa, Florida, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He founded and currently co-leads the firm’s Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity practice group, edits the firm’s Privacy Blog, and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) with the…

Joseph J. Lazzarotti is a principal in the Tampa, Florida, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He founded and currently co-leads the firm’s Privacy, Data and Cybersecurity practice group, edits the firm’s Privacy Blog, and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) with the International Association of Privacy Professionals. Trained as an employee benefits lawyer, focused on compliance, Joe also is a member of the firm’s Employee Benefits practice group.

In short, his practice focuses on the matrix of laws governing the privacy, security, and management of data, as well as the impact and regulation of social media. He also counsels companies on compliance, fiduciary, taxation, and administrative matters with respect to employee benefit plans.

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