In the perspective of public employment hiring,
shoulder surging could be a very serious issue. It acts as the coercive tactic
against applicants vying for a job and pose threat to the privacy of
applicants.
- In
May 2012, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed the first legislation
designed to prohibit any sacking or punishment when employees refuse to
reveal their login credentials for social network sites.
- Similar
laws had been enforced by Arkansas, California, Colorado, Illinois,
Michigan, New Mexico, Utah, Vermont, Washington and New Jersey.
Source: http://yourpartnerinhr.com/archives/blog/shoulder-surfing-legislation-update/
In the legal perspective, law enforcement on shoulder surfing is still very basic and minimum. Most of the related regulations are designed to protect and claim employee privacy for employer’s shoulder surfing such as on the Facebook page. Only few countries to-date have implemented the law to protect the employee. There are still no law enforcement in Malaysia to-date that related specifically to shoulder surfing. It is important for those who draft the laws to pay attention towards this newly developed cybercrime tactics.
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