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7 September 2010 No Comment

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Laws written even a few years ago are ill-equipped to deal with changing technologies.  Here are two related items that caught RoadMAP’s eye during its vacation that show some of the problems.  How do the Hatch Act’s restrictions on federal employees’ political activities apply to telecommuters with Twitter accounts and a home computer?  Does the right of opposing litigants to access your Facebook data depend on your privacy settings?  There are more questions than answers here.

MORE:
Federal Workers’ Use of Internet Social Media Has Limits Under the Hatch Act
Washington Post

Is ‘Private’ Data on Social Networks Discoverable?
National Law Journal

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