{"data":{"id":"us-me/26-m.r.s.-616","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"26 M.R.S. §616","heading":"Prohibitions","body":"An employer may not:\n1.  Passwords.  Require or coerce an employee or applicant to disclose, or request that an employee or applicant disclose, the password or any other means for accessing a personal social media account;\n2.  Access in presence.  Require or coerce an employee or applicant to access, or request that an employee or applicant access, a personal social media account in the presence of the employer or an agent of the employer;\n3.  Information.  Require or coerce an employee or applicant to disclose any personal social media account information;\n4.  Contacts.  Require or cause an employee or applicant to add anyone, including the employer or an agent of the employer, to the employee's or applicant's list of contacts associated with a personal social media account;\n5.  Settings.  Require or cause an employee or applicant to alter, or request that an employee or applicant alter, settings that affect a 3rd party's ability to view the contents of a personal social media account;\n6.  Employees.  Discharge, discipline or otherwise penalize or threaten to discharge, discipline or otherwise penalize an employee for the employee's refusal to disclose or provide access to information as specified in subsection 1, 2 or 3 or for refusal to add anyone to the employee's list of contacts associated with a personal social media account as specified in subsection 4 or to alter the settings associated with a personal social media account as specified in subsection 5; or\n7.  Applicants.  Fail or refuse to hire an applicant as a result of the applicant's refusal to disclose or provide access to information specified in subsection 1, 2 or 3 or refusal to add anyone to the applicant's list of contacts associated with a personal social media account as specified in subsection 4 or to alter the settings associated with a personal social media account as specified in subsection 5.","path":["TITLE 26: LABOR AND INDUSTRY","CHAPTER 7: EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES","SUBCHAPTER 1-C: EMPLOYEE SOCIAL MEDIA PRIVACY"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/26/title26sec616.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:34Z","sha256":"5726a6b0c7250353c99d9f9b4127e73a1453ed60467a001f42f491412b24283c","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/26-m.r.s.-615","next":"us-me/26-m.r.s.-617"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}