Social media is blurring the lines between our personal and professional lives, but does this mean when an employee leaves your business you have a right to their social media followers?
I posed this question as in a recent article LinkedIn blurring demarcation lines, and there was discussion over whether an employer has any claim to an employee’s LinkedIn profile or contacts. I am not a lawyer and these legal issues have yet to be tested, however, it is legitimate to explore these complexities.
Although the claim is most likely relevant to all social media platforms, this issue is particularly significant to LinkedIn. As a business related social network site, it is mainly used by professionals to connect, network and exchange information, ideas and opportunities.
When connections are built around the employee’s role and employment using company resources, the issue is challenging. In some industries, contact lists are commercially sensitive and where as in the past these particular lists would have been confidential, social media is now blurring the lines between what qualifies as personal and professional activities.
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Source: business2community.com
By: Abigail Caplovitz Field
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