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In the past we've shown plenty of examples of employees and students losing their jobs and receiving other sorts of punishment for comments and photos posted publicly on social networks like Facebook and MySpace. We've always advised you to lock down your security settings on these sites, but now it seems that's not enough, with the case of a woman getting fired for making comments on MySpace in private.
The woman, Doreen Marino, worked at a New Jersey restaurant and created a MySpace group with a number of her co-workers. In that group, Marino's colleagues all vented about their managers and, in some cases, their customers, too. The group was fully private and password protected.
When one of the group members granted access to one of the restaurant's managers, however, two workers at the restaurant lost their jobs. The fired workers are now taking their case to court and suing the restaurant.
Generally speaking, though, if you'd like to keep your job, and avoid all that hassle, then perhaps you should just be careful of what you say online -- regardless of privacy settings. [From: CNN]
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Subscribe to commentsBretMay 6th 2009 2:51PM
This is typical of Houstons. Their management cant take criticism. I'll never walk into another Houstons again. This is a TOTAL invasion of privacy and 5th amendment rights.
RollinsMay 6th 2009 4:48PM
Fifth Amendment rights? That doesn't even make any sense.
seriousam7May 6th 2009 5:18PM
There's no such thing as a "private" Myspace comment. If you want to tell someone something that you don't want anyone else seeing, then send a message.
nashobasloveMay 7th 2009 1:37PM
Hello since when is the internet "private" and if they were dumb enough make their profiles public so everyone could see and they granted the manger they were making nasty comments about access they dug their own graves and it will not hold up in court. If you are going to vent about your employer-put your account on private and don't allow your boss access. And remember, when you are looking for a job...employers are searching on myspace, face book and twitter to see what you write about others.