Paul Liotta at The Staten Island Advance reports employers across New York can no longer access private Social Media accounts of their Workers or job applicants, thanks to a new law Governor Kathy Hochul signed last month.  The legislation, brought by State Senator Jessica Ramos (Democrat-Queens) and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz (Democrat-The Bronx) in their respective chambers, amends State Labor Law to prohibit employers from accessing a Worker's or applicant's private Social Media accounts.  As written, the law includes a number of carve-outs related to things like certain types of Employees, such as Police, accessing information that's publicly available on a given website or having access to Employees' log-in information for the businesses' system.

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