Nevada Code § 613.135

Unlawful acts of employer relating to social media account of employee or prospective employee
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1. It is unlawful for any employer in this
State to:
(a) Directly or indirectly, require, request,
suggest or cause any employee or prospective employee to disclose the user
name, password or any other information that provides access to his or her
personal social media account.
(b) Discharge, discipline, discriminate against
in any manner or deny employment or promotion to, or threaten to take any such
action against any employee or prospective employee who refuses, declines or
fails to disclose the user name, password or any other information that provides
access to his or her personal social media account.
2. It is not unlawful for an employer in
this State to require an employee to disclose the user name, password or any
other information to an account or a service, other than a personal social
media account, for the purpose of accessing the employers own internal
computer or information system.
3. Nothing in this section shall be
construed to prevent an employer from complying with any state or federal law
or regulation or with any rule of a self-regulatory organization, as defined in NRS 90.300 .
4. As used in this section, social media
account means any electronic service or account or electronic content,
including, without limitation, videos, photographs, blogs, video blogs,
podcasts, instant and text messages, electronic mail programs or services,
online services or Internet website profiles.

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