[RikaStrom]

Well within the town’s bailiwick.
If you don’t want to hand over the info, don’t apply.
Really no big deal; not much different than testing for alcohol, tobacco and various drugs.
And if you don’t have anything to hide, well, what’s the beef?

I'll have to assume you left off the /s.

Asking for personal passwords is NOT within the town's baliwick, in no way, shape, or form.

I'm an HR manager, I run background checks, drug screens (for illegal drugs - not alcohol or tobacco which are still legal the last time I checked), etc. I have NEVER asked for a password to social networking group.

Granted I have looked them up on the internet to see if there is anything there, but never asked for their personal password to a site.

[swarthyguy]

Sarc is correct.

My point is, once the precedent of intrusion into an individual’s life is well established, it is extremely hard to deny further intrusions.

Today this seems outlandish.

A year or two from now, it’ll be SOP.

There was a case in MA, where a company fired someone for smoking (cigs) at home, citing the contravening of it’s zero tolerance tobacco policy.

They won.