Legislature Tackling Social Media Privacy Issues

ANNAPOLIS — When former correctional officer Robert Collins was asked to turn over his Facebook login information to a superior, he was concerned that his rights were being violated.

Last year, Collins allowed the superior to look at his account in order to get a promotion, but he went to the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland with his concerns.

It was “an inappropriate invasion of my privacy,” Collins said last week. “I felt as if I didn’t have a choice in the matter.”

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