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Certainty At Last? : A “New” Framework For Electronic Contracting In Singapore, Eliza Karolina Mik Jan 2014

Certainty At Last? : A “New” Framework For Electronic Contracting In Singapore, Eliza Karolina Mik

Eliza Mik

The more one looks at the legal issues, the less awesome most of them appear, and the less radical the measures needed to ensure that the law does not unnecessarily impede e-commerce.


No Surfing Allowed: A Review And Analysis Of Legislation Prohibiting Employers From Demanding Access To Employees’ And Job Applicants’ Social Media Accounts, Robert Sprague Dec 2013

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 …