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Too Much Information?
Many employers now regularly “Google” employees and job applicants; employees and applicants Google employers and potential employers in return. In so doing, they uncover all sorts of information about each other. An employer may find a Facebook page, a MySpace profile, a blog or blog entry, or (even) information about someone on someone else's Web pages or blog postings. An employee may find a blog describing an employer's workplace or other information about its business or practices. A competitor may use Google or Yahoo! to monitor the competition and, in so doing, discover information posted by an employee or former employee that the employer believes is a trade secret. There is considerable information available in cyberspace ' much of it interesting, some of it damning, and some of it false. Obtaining that information feels risk free and virtually untraceable. However, the universe of employment laws applies to much of what happens when virtual sleuthing yields tangible job consequences.
Perils of the Internet
The Internet has its own vocabulary. Google and Yahoo! are search engines. Facebook, MySpace, Classmates.com, and Match.com are social networking sites, where people connect with one another and where they can post descriptions of themselves or look for personal relationships. Blogs are postings of opinion in a manner that invites response and commentary. Some sites actively encourage blogging about employment ' JobVent.com describes itself as follows: ” ' the Web site for anyone who has ever said, 'I hate my job,' or 'I love my job.' JobVent is the Web site for people who are about to start a new job, and want to see what other people think of working there.”
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