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Maine enacts law to protect applicants’ and employees’ social media privacy

Posted on August 10, 2015June 26, 2025 by Dissent

BIG reports:

The law, which will go into effect on October 15, 2015, applies to all employers, both public and private.

Among the restrictions placed on employers is the prohibition of requiring, coercing or requesting applicant’s or employee’s to disclose a personal social media account. Furthermore, employers cannot discharge, discipline or penalize an existing employee, or refuse to hire an applicant based off of their refusal to disclose or provide access to information pertaining to a social media account.

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