A New Kind of Password Protection: Maryland Does It First

On April 1, 2012, Maryland’s House of Representatives and Senate passed a bill (User Name and Password Privacy Protection and Exclusions) banning employers from requiring employees and job applicants from disclosing their user names and passwords for social media accounts. Obtaining this information had become a standard practice for some public employers, such as the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS). The issue received attention after...