Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Facebook is favored in ruling

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Facebook is off the hook with the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission.

The commission ordered on Aug. 28 that Facebook Inc. be fined $200 a day for failing to comply with a subpoena for documents related to an injured worker's activities on the pages of the social media's Web site.

Facebook, which has more than 250 million users worldwide, objected to handing over Shana L. Hensley's information.

"There are federal statutes that, in our opinion, prohibit us from releasing the information they request," said Barry Schnitt, Facebook's director of policy communications in Palo Alto, Calif.

"Facebook is built on trust," Schnitt said, "and users rely on us to enforce their privacy settings."

Randolph P. Tabb Jr., the workers' compensation commission's deputy commissioner, ruled yesterday that the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act prohibits Facebook from disclosing the information.

And, in any event, Hensley is willing to allow her former employer, Colgan Air Inc., access to her Facebook activities, said her Northern Virginia attorney, Julie H. Heiden.

Read the full story here on the Richmond Times Dispatch website.

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