Don’t Post Anything on Facebook that You Wouldn’t Want To See as Exhibit A In Court.

Posted By Cliff Tuttle | November 23, 2011

No. 761

This post was quoted in the Cutting Edge  column by Greg Victor in the Sunday, November 27, Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Cutting Edge reviews what is being said in blogs, especially local ones.  We were in good company, right after Virginia Montanez, the infamous Pittgirl, by far the most popular blogger in Pittsburgh. Thanks for the shout out, Greg.

Bloggers say this all of the time.  Plenty of people don’t listen.  Here’s a Pennsylvania Common Pleas case that illustrates what can happen.  The judge ordered discovery of the entries on the Facebook page of a plaintiff in an auto accident.  It included entries about a supposedly seriously injured person going to the gym, etc.  The Court stated that no court has ever held that there is an expectation of privacy on Facebook.  On the contrary, the court noted, Facebook is for sharing.

Solution, don’t open a Facebook account.  Don’t put personal information on the internet.

CLT

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