{"data":{"id":"us-nm/21-1-46","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"21-1-46","heading":"Request for access to social networking account prohibited.","body":"A. It is unlawful for a public or private institution of post-secondary education to request or require a student, applicant or potential applicant for admission to provide a password to gain access to the student's, applicant's or potential applicant's account or profile on a social networking web site or to demand access in any manner to a student's, applicant's or potential applicant's account or profile on a social networking web site.\nB. It is unlawful for public or private institutions of post-secondary education to deny admission to an applicant or potential applicant for admission on the basis of the applicant's or potential applicant's refusal to provide an agent of a public or private institution of post-secondary education access to the applicant's or potential applicant's account or profile on a social media networking site.\nC. It is unlawful for a private or public institution of post-secondary education to take any disciplinary action against a student for the student's refusal to grant access to an agent of the private or public institution of post-secondary education to the student's account or profile on a social media networking site.\nD. Nothing in this section prohibits a public or private institution of post-secondary education from obtaining information about a student, applicant or potential applicant for admission that is in the public domain.\nE. As used in this section, \"social networking web site\" means an internet-based service that allows individuals to:\n(1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system created by the service;\n(2) create a list of other users with whom they share a connection within the system; and\n(3) view and navigate their list of connections and those made by others within the system.","path":["Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions","ARTICLE 1 General Provisions Relating to State Educational Institutions"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18521/index.do","current_through":"2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"63f4e3e10d1c404c92af9796f7e3c009087fcd02bffb7eed247893e535d217f7","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/21-1-45","next":"us-nm/21-1-47"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}