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Attorney Mark Lanier discusses whether the social-networking website could sue employers over password requests.
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FaceBook threatening to sue employer is that -- job applicants for that FaceBook passwords.
Cannot unemployed -- do that.
Joining us now is our favorite trial balloon like his name is Monica -- -- joining us from Texas Marc welcome back always good to see up.
-- -- I take it would be illegal full and employ -- to say to a prospective employee.
-- Ohio yet if you give us your FaceBook password so we can see what you've been up to it legal right.
I tell you what I sure wouldn't do -- in any of our offices with our employees are no in most states it would be illegal okay now how about the other way -- If an employer forces an employee to dive -- of the FaceBook password.
-- FaceBook then sue the -- and say you shouldn't have done that.
Can't do it.
I don't think yeah I don't think FaceBook has the right to bring that lawsuit they've they've threatened that -- -- in all we can still up.
But that that's that's almost as political as the subsidies stuff from -- because that's that's just not what's going on you know set -- a -- Am I mean look at this and Moody's gonna FaceBook account numbers got around past -- -- finest film because.
You know we want to restrict to act.
Access to what we've got on the FaceBook page are you getting some badly and in that they called as a legal power law are you hearing about this.
Well Stuart.
We've heard the same things that you're hearing an end -- its its very frustrating.
There is in America.
Concerned that we're losing so many of our private rights I mean this is the issue that's going on as you've been talking about the Supreme Court in the health care.
All the rest is that this is another invasion of privacy debate.
I mean I look at it I think how dare you you know I'm going to work for you I'm not giving you the keys to but the bulk of my private life that's -- That is very different and it is offensive and there are a lot of people upset about.
I look I don't know whether this has happened or not yet I don't know of any employer who has said give -- a FaceBook account password.
And then used it against that prospective employee.
But I do believe it has happened -- -- college level is there a lawsuit available that.
I don't think necessarily you've got one at the college level it's a whole different -- -- -- certain circumstances there is a problem you can't in -- the private lives of people who work for you.
That's a policy and that's -- law so you can you invade the private life of someone who wants to come and study at you'll university.
That's a different set of the circumstances yes that's a contractual relationship.
That's not an employee relationship and that have the employee discrimination laws.
You know you can't ask someone that you're looking at a higher -- -- you married in do you have kids or are you what is you're you're you're sexual orientation or things like that.
This if if people are allowed to get through the FaceBook pages are allowed to go through a back door to get information they're not allowed to get through the front -- that's the problem not -- always good to see -- thanks very much for being with us again today I hope we can drum up some business for you somehow -- -- conclusion -- -- the there's plenty of fraud out bear Stewart I'll never run out of business or that you know well get a marketer -- want thank you so much -- good decision.
