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		<title>More on Employer Social Media Policies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Delaware Employment Law Blog offers employers some good insight, outlining three initial steps&#160;on the road to creating an effective social media policy. In her December 4, 2009 post, Molly points out that it&#8217;s important for employers to (1) familiarize the decision makers, (2) select key players, and (3) determine objectives.&#160;&#160;(Check out her post for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8343894&amp;post=35&amp;subd=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hijacked Online Accounts Pose Threat of ID Theft</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent article discusses privacy issues and identity theft&#160;risks associated with social networking sites and social media &#8212; including pending legislation aimed at strengthening data security and privacy measures to protect users&#8217; personal and financial information.&#160; Check out the full story here: Hijacked Facebook accounts pose threat of ID theft &#8211; Pittsburgh Tribune-Review<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8343894&amp;post=34&amp;subd=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>New Facebook Privacy Policy May Catch Some Users by Surprise</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook updated its privacy policy last week, and the social networking site has come under fire for what many consider to be the site’s gradual deterioration of privacy protection. Particularly troubling:&#160; the popular social networking site touted the changes as giving users more control over their information. To the contrary, the changes actually seem to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8343894&amp;post=31&amp;subd=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Transfer of NY Judge May Have Been Due to His Facebook Activity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Bill H. in New York for giving me a heads up on this story&#160;about a Staten Island criminal court judge who is being transferred to a court in Manhattan.&#160; According to online speculation, it seems the judge&#8217;s transfer may have something to do with&#160;his&#160;time&#160;on Facebook, both on and off the bench.&#160; No official [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8343894&amp;post=30&amp;subd=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Plaintiffs &quot;Friend&quot; A Juror On Facebook, Problems Ensue</title>
		<link>http://ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/plaintiffs-friend-a-juror-on-facebook-problems-ensue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine our collective voices singing&#160;War&#8217;s hit song: &#160;&#8221;Why can&#8217;t we be friends?&#160; Why can&#8217;t we be friends?&#160;. . .&#8221; A recent case out of a federal court in Maine reminds us that sometimes being friends just might get us into trouble.&#160; Say, for example, when parties to a lawsuit friend their jurors on Facebook.&#160; (And [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8343894&amp;post=29&amp;subd=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook &amp; Game Developer Face Class Action Law Suit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social networking site, Facebook, and social media gaming developer, Zynga, (think YoVille, FarmVille, Mafia Wars, etc.) face a class action law suit over online&#160;&#8221;offer-based&#8221; advertising. The ads allegedly caused users to be billed for services they didn&#8217;t mean to sign up for. More here:&#160; Facebook, Zynga Face Class Action Suit Over Offer-based Ads Digital Media [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8343894&amp;post=28&amp;subd=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Woman Fired for All-Caps Email Reminds Employers &amp; Employees to Watch &quot;Tone&quot; of Online Communications</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mje006</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES SHOULD BEWARE THE &#8220;TONE&#8221; OF THEIR TYPING. Ahem . . . sorry, I didn&#8217;t mean to shout at you. Vicki Walker, who worked for New Zealand&#8217;s ProCare Health, learned the hard way that &#8220;all caps&#8221; emails annoy people.&#160; Walker sent emails to other employees with instructions on how to properly complete forms.&#160; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8343894&amp;post=27&amp;subd=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Woman Says She Lost Disability Benefits Because of Facebook Pics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Employee Benefits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your insurer ain’t havin’ fun, ain’t nobody havin’ fun. A Canadian woman claims she lost disability benefits because her vacation pictures on Facebook made it look like she was having a good time. Nathalie Blanchard, an IBM employee in Quebec, had been on long-term sick leave for major depression for about 18 months when [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8343894&amp;post=26&amp;subd=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher Sues After Forced to Quit for Pics &amp; &quot;B-Word&quot; on Facebook Profile</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beer, wine, and the “B-word.” One Georgia teacher says that particular&#160;trifecta on her Facebook profile led to her forced resignation – and the resulting lawsuit she’s bringing against her former employer. WSBTV out of Georgia reports that high school English teacher, Ashley Payne, claims the Barrow County (Georgia) school district forced her to resign because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8343894&amp;post=25&amp;subd=ericksonsocialnetworkinglaw&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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