Littler Mendelson's Privacy and Data Protection Practice Group Chair Philip Gordon Interviewed About Illinois Social Network Password Law

The Illinois Senate and House passed a bill that will soon make their state the second in the country to have a law prohibiting employers from asking employees for their credentials to social networking sites. While this surely makes employees happy, the law and ones like it have the potential to inhibit legitimate business activities. In an interview with The Lexblog Network, Philip Gordon—Chair of the Privacy and Data Protection Practice Group at Littler—explains the basics of the Illinois law, how it could potentially inhibit businesses and where we might find some kind of happy medium.

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