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Since the passing of the USA PATRIOT Act, which extended the government’s surveillance powers over communication devices, privacy has become a fiercely controversial issue in the United States, with supporters arguing the legal measures are necessary to prevent terrorist attacks, and
opponents claiming that the act infringes on Constitutional civil liberties.
Privacy issues raised by the USA PATRIOT Act, combined with the growing problem of identity theft and
increased monitoring in the workplace,
make privacy a greater concern now than ever before.
read more here;
http://open.lib.umn.edu/mediaandculture/chapter/16-5-privacy-laws-and-the-impact-of-digital-surveillance
A 2010 survey by CareerBuilder.com revealed that
53 percent of companies check out candidates’ profiles on social networking sites such as;
MySpace,
Twitter,
LinkedIn,
Facebook
before deciding to employ them, and a further 12 percent of companies intend to review social networking sites of potential employees in the future (Skinner, 2010).
Factors that affect an employer’s decision whether or not to hire candidates based on their social networking page include the use of drugs or drinking, the posting of discriminatory comments, or the posting of photographs deemed to be inappropriate or provocative.
Lewis Maltby, author of workplace rights book Can They Do That?, says,
“There are two trends driving the increase in monitoring.
One is financial pressure. Everyone is trying to get leaner and meaner, and monitoring is one way to do it.
The other reason is that it’s easier than ever.
Monitoring employees in the workplace has begun to stray outside of office hours, and employees are now finding their social networking sites being scanned by employers for offensive material. Inappropriate comments or photos on a social networking site may negatively affect a person’s chance of finding a job if employers use sites such as Facebook and Twitter as a means of screening applicants.
Since the passing of the USA PATRIOT Act, which extended the government’s surveillance powers over communication devices, privacy has become a fiercely controversial issue in the United States, with supporters arguing the legal measures are necessary to prevent terrorist attacks, and
opponents claiming that the act infringes on Constitutional civil liberties.
Privacy issues raised by the USA PATRIOT Act, combined with the growing problem of identity theft and
increased monitoring in the workplace,
make privacy a greater concern now than ever before.
read more here;
http://open.lib.umn.edu/mediaandculture/chapter/16-5-privacy-laws-and-the-impact-of-digital-surveillance
A 2010 survey by CareerBuilder.com revealed that
53 percent of companies check out candidates’ profiles on social networking sites such as;
MySpace,
Twitter,
LinkedIn,
before deciding to employ them, and a further 12 percent of companies intend to review social networking sites of potential employees in the future (Skinner, 2010).
Factors that affect an employer’s decision whether or not to hire candidates based on their social networking page include the use of drugs or drinking, the posting of discriminatory comments, or the posting of photographs deemed to be inappropriate or provocative.
Lewis Maltby, author of workplace rights book Can They Do That?, says,
“There are two trends driving the increase in monitoring.
One is financial pressure. Everyone is trying to get leaner and meaner, and monitoring is one way to do it.
The other reason is that it’s easier than ever.
Monitoring employees in the workplace has begun to stray outside of office hours, and employees are now finding their social networking sites being scanned by employers for offensive material. Inappropriate comments or photos on a social networking site may negatively affect a person’s chance of finding a job if employers use sites such as Facebook and Twitter as a means of screening applicants.
