Facebook Fiasco
The City of Bozeman, Mont., found itself in a sticky situation in June when it began requiring candidates for city jobs to provide usernames and ...
September 30, 2009 at 08:00 PM
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The City of Bozeman, Mont., found itself in a sticky situation in June when it began requiring candidates for city jobs to provide usernames and passwords for social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.
The controversial policy incited a firestorm of complaints from job applicants and privacy advocates. On June 19, the city revoked the policy.
While the situation in Bozeman created a national uproar, Mark McCreary, a Fox Rothschild partner, says there's a better argument for requesting that information prior to employment than after hiring someone because it doesn't change a policy midstream.
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