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No Surfing Allowed: A Review And Analysis Of Legislation Prohibiting Employers From Demanding Access To Employees’ And Job Applicants’ Social Media Accounts, Robert Sprague

Robert Sprague

This article examines recent state legislation prohibiting employers from requesting username and password information from employees and job applicants in order to access restricted portions of those employees’ and job applicants’ personal social media accounts. This article raises the issue of whether this legislation is even needed, from both practical and legal perspectives, focusing on: (a) how prevalent the practice is of requesting employees’ and job applicants’ social media access information; (b) whether alternative laws already exist which prohibit employers from requesting employees’ and job applicants’ social media access information; and (c) whether any benefits can be derived from this …

O Arquivo Eletrônico Como Meio De Prova, Ivo T. Gico

Ivo Teixeira Gico Jr.

Discute-se, no presente artigo, a validade do documento eletrônico como meio hábil de prova, analisando-se, entre outros elementos, a questão do suporte físico para o documento, bem como o livre convencimento do magistrado.

It is discussed in this paper, the validity of the electronic document as valid evidence, analyzing, among other things, the issue of the necessity of a physical media for the document and the judge's liberty to decide.