House bill would ban bosses from asking for Facebook passwords

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) is drafting legislation that would ban employers from asking for their workers' Facebook passwords. Ryan Minto, a spokesman for Rep. McHenry, said the congressman's aides have been working with Sen. Richard Blumenthal's office to draft the legislation. Minto said Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO) is also involved in writing the bill. "Requiring an individual to provide access to their personal social media account is an invasion of privacy, plain and simple," Minto said. "Congressman McHenry is considering legislation to prevent this encroachment into Americans’ private lives."