Just goes to show people think that the internet is private and anonymous. Someday people might realize that anything posted to the internet is in the online world....and is ONLINE. privacy on the internet is limited at best. Some employers are gunning for reasons to dump low value employees or employees that present a risk to the company. I've heard of 911 employees who have pictures of them smoking weed on their myspace profile. people posting pictures that they are massively drunk the night before going to work. People claiming to be sick and posting status up dates that they are out shopping (later fired since the employer was a facebook friend and saw the conflicting message as the last straw).
There is a number of low profile cases of social networking being the deciding factor in employee hiring and firing, as well as benefit denials.
This is why I'm 100% open in my online presence, let's not pretend anything online is private regardless of how you think it's setup. Well, that and I there's always obscurity through shear quantity.
While I totally agree that nothing posted online should be considered private, I also think this is completely bogus on the part of the insurance company. I've suffered bouts of depression in the past as well, it runs in my family, and I can tell you that yes, I did go out with people I knew during them from time to time. I went to bars sometimes as well. Participating in events like that doesn't mean you're not dealing with depression. In many cases going out like that helps depression. This is just another case of some greedy insurance company not wanting to pay out on a claim.
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There is a number of low profile cases of social networking being the deciding factor in employee hiring and firing, as well as benefit denials.