Separating professional and private lives seems simple at first but with the continuing integration and use of API,s it is becoming increasingly complex as all data is shared.

Not as simple as you may think?

That comment was said out of immatureness, but back to the issue at hand.

I honestly think that having a background check can’t be confirmed as illegal or legal for that matter. Yes, according to the FB terms and conditions it should be illegal for these companies to check your background on FB.

However, this is the part where the person themself comes in and makes sure they are careful about what they put up. That woman clearly had it coming (the one in your article.). It was a true example of stupidity; because one should separate social and work. Clearly one would have to draw the line otherwise it causes a problem, they won’t be able to control either side and eventually it becomes HARDER to manage.

In all honesty, I work for machinima.com, but I’ve learnt to separate my director-friends from my RL Friends; if you don’t define a line, then you won’t be able to keep anything for yourself. Its really down to the people to themself and how they deal with life.

Would you consider using something like Linked In instead?