Bozeman City job requirement raises privacy concerns.

Applying for a job with the City of Bozeman? You may be asked to provide
more personal information than you expected.

That was the case for one person who applied for employment with the
City. The anonymous viewer emailed the news station recently to express
concern with a component of the city's background check policy, which
states that to be considered for a job applicants must provide log-in
information and passwords for social network sites in which they
participate.

The requirement is included on a waiver statement applicants must sign,
giving the City permission to conduct an investigation into the person's
"background, references, character, past employment, education, credit
history, criminal or police records."

"Please list any and all, current personal or business websites, web
pages or memberships on any Internet-based chat rooms, social clubs or
forums, to include, but not limited to: Facebook, Google, Yahoo,
YouTube.com, MySpace, etc.," the City form states. There are then three
lines where applicants can list the Web sites, their user names and
log-in information and their passwords.

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http://montanasnewsstation.com/Global/story.asp?S=10551414#poll84472
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