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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 255 2. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the state or any political subdivision of the state. B. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a health benefit plan membership identification card issued or renewed prior to January 1, 2005. After January 1, 2005, the provisions of this section shall be applicable to all health benefit plan membership cards upon issuance or renewal. C. This section shall not prevent the collection, use, or release of a social security number as otherwise required by state or federal law or the use of a social security number for internal verification or administrative purposes. An employee may also provide an employing entity with written permission to use their social security number for any of the uses otherwise prohibited by this section. Added by Laws 2004, c. 296, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2004

§40-173.2. Prohibited actions regarding personal social media accounts – Exemptions – Civil actions. A. No employer, as defined by paragraph 1 of Section 1301 of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes, located in this state shall: 1. Require an employee or prospective employee to disclose a user name and password or other means of authentication for accessing a personal online social media account through an electronic communications device; 2. Require an employee or prospective employee to access the employee's or prospective employee's personal online social media account in the presence of the employer in a manner that enables the employer to observe the contents of such accounts if the account's contents are not available to the general public, except pursuant to an investigation as provided in subsection D of this act; 3. Take retaliatory personnel action that materially and negatively affects the terms and conditions of employment against an employee solely for refusal to give the employer the user name or password to the employee's personal online social media account; or 4. Refuse to hire a prospective employee solely as a result of the prospective employee's refusal to give the employer the user name and password to the prospective employee's personal online social media account. B. An employer may request or require an employee to disclose any user name and password for accessing: 1. Any computer system, information technology network, or electronic communications device provided or subsidized by the employer; or 2. Any accounts or services provided by the employer or by virtue of the employee's employment relationship with the employer or that the employee uses for business purposes.