A Gartner report predicts up to 60 percent of corporations worldwide will monitor employees social media use for security breaches within the next three years. Currently, only 10 percent of companies keep tabs on what employees say about them online and its mainly as reputation, rather than risk, management. California State Senate approved a bill last week that would prevent employers in California from formally requesting employees or job applicants provide social media usernames and passwords. Public relations firms now offer such conversation monitoring as a service.
Source: https://threatpost.com/report-predicts-huge-hike-employers-monitoring-social-media-053012/76627/