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Benjamin Wright @ Nov 9th 2007 2:32PM
An idea: People could post legal terms of service on social networing pages declaring that employers and prospective employers are forbidden from looking at or copying from the pages. Such terms would be like No Trespassing signs on land. Some case law supports the notion that terms posted on a web site can restrict the right of visitors to gather information off the site.
Arguably, if an employer grabs information off of a site in violation of posted terms, and that leads to termination of an employee, then the employee could sue the employer for violating the terms of the web site.
Even if the terms are not legally binding on the employer, they could be ethically binding. --Benjamin Wright, Dallas, Texas, http://hack-igations.blogspot.com
Tracie Van Den Houten @ Nov 13th 2007 3:55PM
Your employer should have NO right to "judge" you by what you do on your personal time. If you are not representing your employer, or posting anything innappropriate about them, then they should not be able to use that page against you. Of course there are acceptions to this such as government employees and people who hold a high position in a company or people who set examples in companies.
883 Harley girl @ Nov 13th 2007 5:09PM
I ride a motorcycle, inherently there is risk in riding a motorcycle. I love to ride and I accept that risk, I know it is at least possible if not likely that I will have an accident with my motorcycle and the injuries could be great. I still ride as much as I can but I am very very careful when I am riding to watch for every thing that poses a threat. I work in a professional engineering position. Having an online profile, in my case Myspace, is a risk to my profession, but because it is fun and I am networking with other women riders all over the world, I accept that risk and am very careful what I display on that page, it very much reflects me and what I am about but there is absolutely nothing incriminating on that page. Seriously people there are consequences to every action and sometimes I have to wonder how people can go through life not thinking about things like that. Ultimately it may not be right or legal or ethical for a prospective or current employer to base a hiring decision on your myspace content, but you know perfectly well that it could happen, at the least, the risk of it happening is real. If your willing to accept that risk then may the force be with you, put it all out there.
OU812 @ Nov 18th 2007 3:42PM
Oh the hypocrisy! Here's a thought...Don't post that BS on the internet.
Heather @ Nov 19th 2007 2:48PM
What about those that work in a position, like a teacher, that is constantly under scrutiny? If items are being posted to facebook/myspace that are not appropriate and their students could see, shouldn't that teacher be reprimanded if not fired? Especially with new stories of teacher/student outside relationships...
As a teacher in a private school, I see many of my students and their parents outside of the school grounds and I have to constantly be aware of the possibility of running into them. I also know that if something were to get posted that was not appropriate I would run the risk of losing my job for not representing the school.
Why not just get rid of the facebook or myspace account? Then you don't run the risk of being caught while being stupid. Find something else to do--maybe call those friends instead of posting new photos and stories.
michael voisinet @ Nov 28th 2007 12:26PM
i thought that the internet was protected by free speech.your employer has absolutely postively NO RIGHT at all to prevent you from expressing your opinion.after all this is free country and everyone is entitled to their personal opinion regardless of wheather its right or wrong.employers should not use subseversive tactics and terminate an employee me just because they post an opinion about them on the internet.just as in real life people are going to say things that we arent going to like.we simply cant change or modify someones behavior simply because we dont like what they say.
James H. @ Dec 6th 2007 9:48PM
For what it's worth, I do not advocate a company using information harvested from a personal profile to be used as a tool to investigate an employee.
With that said however, I do not buy the whole mentality of "I can say what I want to in my blog and not have to face any consequences" either.
True the Constitution protects the rights of the individual with regards to freedom of speech. But if you say something slanderous or defamatory about the owner of or the company in general, the Constitution also gives your employer the right to say "you're fired."
With regards to things you post that are not related directly to your employer or the company, it's like my grandma always says: an ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure. Which means if you don't want your boss thinking your a drunken slut, don't post comments or pictures that lead to that conclusion.
And if you want to let the whole world know that you have extremely strong feelings about certain ethnic groups or religions - be my guest. But don't complain if someone gets offended.
When you were born no one guaranteed that you would get your way. No one guaranteed that nothing bad would ever happen to you. No one guaranteed that you would agree with my opinion. And no one guaranteed that you would have to like it.
But the fact remains this is my opinion. And I'm okay with it.
Daniel Gaunt @ Dec 19th 2007 8:58AM
Yuwie is better than facebook anyway
go have a look
http://r.yuwie.com/naturistdaniel
nunya @ Mar 11th 2008 1:52PM
This is not just a problem if you've already got a job, either. More and more, as you apply for jobs employers will search you out online. My law school has warned us to make Facebook profiles private so that only people accepted as friends can see it. However, there are instances of this not working for some people, whether the employer finds ways around this, your profile gets hacked or someone who is allegedly your friend takes pics from your profile and posts them elsewhere. Unfortunately, there is just no such thing as privacy on the net.
Mike @ Mar 20th 2008 2:28PM
Or you can create a professional profile that employers can find and use your information to your advantage.
http://www.ziggs.com
Steve A @ Mar 20th 2008 2:58PM
I'm pretty sure both sites have privacy features that can be used to keep people who aren't your friends from accessing your profiles. Post whatever you want in your profile but make it only available to your friends.
patrickgawne @ Apr 30th 2008 2:35PM
I used to be in a position where I hired a lot of people and it would have been a Godsend to be able to look at their profile pages and take what I found there into consideration.
Anyone still under the impression that there is anything even remotely private about the internet really needs to wake up and smell the hackers.