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Maryland Personal Information Protection Act

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Beginning on January 1, 2008, Maryland businesses will have new obligations with respect to how they use and maintain personal information about individuals residing in the State.  The Maryland Personal Information Protection Act is a comprehensive data security law that seeks to provide individuals, including employees and job applicants, with increased privacy and security of their personal information.  It is designed to provide protection from identity theft.

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Checking Out Job Applicants On The Internet

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

Thanksgiving dinner brought out a number of interesting anecdotes about the practice by employers of screening job applicants based on their Facebook or MySpace pages.  Apparently it is now common for hiring managers to review social networking sites of applicants to see whether they “fit” the department’s culture.  One article cites a 2006 CareerBuilder.com survey as reporting that 26% of hiring managers ran an internet search on applicants while only 12% checked social networking sites.  Recent stats here may suggest those figures are low.

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