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Do employers have some way to override social networking privacy settings?

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swbsam

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I was just thinking about this - a few years ago, when I was young and stupid and in college, I got fired from a job because of something I posted in a private myspace blog. No coworkers had access to my myspace gage and my profile was also private.. I also wrote the blog at home.

I'm now hearing more and more stories about people getting reprimanded for myspace/facebook activity, some on accounts that are private (and the posting being done at home, i.e. people playing hooky and posting pictures from their day at the ball park)..

Do employers have a way of breaking past privacy settings?

 
I often wondered the same thing. I figure they pay facebook/myspace to get access. If you put it on the internet it isnt all the private.
 
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Of course :roll:
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Is that fact or a guess? If so, why aren't people suing either facebook or their employees for privacy breeches? Of course, certain jobs have agreements that give your employers full access to your digital life, but most don't.
 
no legal ways probably, i doubt facebook would break a privacy agreement just because a random company asked them to.
 
Oh my gosh... just think about it. If they let anyone who claimed to employ you (or heck even did employ you) into your PRIVATE sites they would be sued into oblivion.

Even the crazy TOS doesn't allow for that.
 
Originally posted by: dmw16
If you dont want everyone to see it, don't put it on your facebook. Simple as that.
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This. Anything you put on facebook/myspace/the ladders/etc can be used against you. It's illegal for an employer to ask if you're married, but if you put it on myspace then it's fair game for discimination (so long as the employer isn't stupid).

If a friend on a social networking site wants/needs your birthdate or other sensitive material, they can either get it offline or they're not really your friend.
 
They generally contract this sort of thing out to a company that is very good at finding people on facebook / myspace. These companies add people randomly and chances are they are friends of your friends so can probably view all your "private" pictures.
 
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