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Proposed German Law Would Limit Employer Use of Social Media Information about Prospective Employees

By Andis Kaulins

Image via WikipediaDavid Lolly at the New York Times reports in German Law Would Limit Facebook?s Use in Hiring on a proposed German law which would limit the use of information on social media websites by employers when recruiting and hiring


The idea that companies could not use publicly available information about a prospective employee seems to this observer to be absurd, largely unenforceable and removed from reality.

Since people who post to social media networks themselves decide what to share with the public, it seems legally shortsighted to put the onus of responsibility on people, firms or companies who have nothing to do with the creation or publication of the information in question. Rather, stricter laws are required to be made in the direction of the social media companies, regulating the manner in which they do business, which, as in the case of Facebook and privacy protection, leaves a lot to be desired.
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Full post as published by LawPundit on August 26, 2010 (boomark / email).