Employers’ prying Facebook access demands raise serious privacy concerns
In a society where privacy is constantly eroding, recent efforts by some employers to pry into Facebook pages to investigate job applicants should be resisted as an unwarranted intrusion on personal freedom and dignity.
Some employers have recently begun requiring job applicants to provide their Facebook user names and passwords so they can review whatever the applicant has posted privately online. Others — so that the password remains secret — are requiring applicants to access their Facebook pages during the job interview to allow the interviewer to see the content.
While the applicant can say no and withdraw from further consideration, at a time of high unemployment — 9.6 percent in Florida — the request is inherently economically coercive. Applicants will often say yes, reluctantly, hoping to land a job…
Read MoreIdentity theft: Minimizing risk for employees
One thing we’ve learned at A Plus Paper Shredding is that everyone is at risk of identity theft…the company, the customer, and even the employees. Here is a great article on protecting your employees from Identity Theft, and you’ll see why using a bonded professional paper shredding service is a great idea!
Read MoreHow to protect yourself online
Another week, another computer security breach. Hackers broke into a Zappos server in Kentucky Sunday night, giving them access to personal records of 24 million Zappos customers — which means if you’ve ever used the site, you’re probably a victim too.
Actually, if you’ve ever been online, the chances are pretty good that some malevolent person has captured personal information about you and tried to break into your personal computer or credit card account.
Read MoreMan unknowingly buys medical records
Whether you think it could happen or not, docs and files could very easily fall into the wrong hands. Here’s a story about a gentleman who bought the contents of an abandoned storage locker, and was surprised at it’s contents. Yet another reason to hire a professional shredding company like A Plus Paper Shredding in Louisville!
