Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:1955 – No duty to monitor; liability
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:1955
- Educational institution: means a public or private educational institution or a separate school or department of a public or private educational institution and includes but is not limited to the following:
(a) A university, college, or junior college. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:1952
- Employer: means a person, including a unit of state or local government, engaged in a business, industry, profession, trade, or other enterprise in this state and includes an agent, representative, or designee of the employer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:1952
- Personal online account: means an online account that the employee, applicant for employment, student, or prospective student uses exclusively for personal communications unrelated to any business purpose of the employer or educational institution. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 51:1952
A. This Chapter shall not create a duty for an employer or educational institution to search or monitor the activity of an individual’s personal online account.
B. An employer or educational institution shall not be liable under this Chapter for failure to request or require an employee, a student, an applicant for employment, or a prospective student to disclose information that allows access to the employee’s, student’s, applicant’s, or prospective student’s personal online account.
Acts 2014, No. 165, §1.