Illinois employers can no longer force Facebook password disclosure

Watch out employers -- as of January 1, 2013, you won’t be able to compel employees or job applicants to disclose passwords for social networking sites anymore. Gov. Pat Quinn (D-IL) signed the law at the Illinois Institute of Technology, making the state the second, after Maryland, to halt the practice. Other states, including Washington, Delaware, and New Jersey, are considering adopting similar legislation.