A corrections officer from Baltimore says he was required to hand over his Facebook password to an investigator as part of a job reapplication process, and had to watch as his personal page and its postings were perused.
Robert Collins, 29, complained to the American Civil Liberties Union that his privacy had been invaded, and now, the state Division of Correction is backing off, saying it will suspend such demands for 45 days during a review of the matter.
In an interview Wednesday morning, Collins said his immediate reaction to the investigator’s request “was one of disgust and shock,” but that he was told such demands were “part of the hiring process.” Collins, who ultimately was reinstated as a corrections officer — a job from which he had taken a four-month leave of absence after his mother died — said he had “no choice” but to agree to the investigator’s demand.
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