Recently the German government proposed placing restrictions on employers use of facebook in their recruiting activities. The bill is intended to keep employers from considering information on purely social networking sites like facebook when evaluating potential employees. Basically, it means you don't have to worry about not getting a job just because of some embarassing pictures your friends posted on your facebook page. The bill, which could be in effect as soon as this year would prohibit managers from secretely videotaping employees, which was becoming an issue of increasing concern among other incidents of companies violating their employees privacy rights. The proposal is meant to establish guidelines for courts handling social networking cases. The number of cases is expected to rise as social networking becomes more incorporated into our lives. Establishing a clear set of rules should help the issue from becoming a major problem for the courts. Isn't it amazing how something like facebook finds its way into every aspect of our lives? Wouldn't it be nice to never worry about your social life impacting your professional career? what are your thoughts on this?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/26/business/global/26fbook.html?_r=1&ref=facebook_inc
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