Snoop Dog becomes Snoop Lion! And news of a new employee Facebook law

Calvin Broadus a/k/a Snoop Dogg is now the artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg. During a recent trip to Jamaica, Snoop was apparently *** afraid to add snarky strikethrough for fear of losing job ***  “born again” and is now Snoop Lion. 

But in even BIGGER news —

Drop it like it’s hot!

Yesterday, Illinois became the second state, after Maryland, to make it unlawful for any employer to request or require any employee or prospective employee to provide any password or other related account information to gain access to an online account. 

Fo’ shizzle!

Under Illinois’ “Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act,” it is now also unlawful for an employer to require that an employee or prospective employee log into their online account so that the employer may gain access.

*** Searches for other Snoopisms — finds nothing blog-appropriate ***

The Act does have a few carve-outs for employers. Employers may still maintain lawful workplace policies governing the use of the employer’s electronic equipment, including policies regarding Internet use, social networking site use, and electronic mail use. And if employers want to monitor usage of the employer’s electronic equipment and the employer’s electronic mail without requesting passwords, then by all means.

No word from Snoop Lion if he approves of Illinois’ new law. But, like you, he is welcome to sound off in the comments below.

*** Sets blog-comments-spam-filter to “volcano” ***