2019 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 21 - State and Private Education Institutions
Article 1 - General Provisions Relating to State Educational Institutions
Section 21-1-46 - Request for access to social networking account prohibited.

A. It is unlawful for a public or private institution of post-secondary education to request or require a student, applicant or potential applicant for admission to provide a password to gain access to the student's, applicant's or potential applicant's account or profile on a social networking web site or to demand access in any manner to a student's, applicant's or potential applicant's account or profile on a social networking web site.

B. It is unlawful for public or private institutions of post-secondary education to deny admission to an applicant or potential applicant for admission on the basis of the applicant's or potential applicant's refusal to provide an agent of a public or private institution of post-secondary education access to the applicant's or potential applicant's account or profile on a social media networking site.

C. It is unlawful for a private or public institution of post-secondary education to take any disciplinary action against a student for the student's refusal to grant access to an agent of the private or public institution of post-secondary education to the student's account or profile on a social media networking site.

D. Nothing in this section prohibits a public or private institution of post-secondary education from obtaining information about a student, applicant or potential applicant for admission that is in the public domain.

E. As used in this section, "social networking web site" means an internet-based service that allows individuals to:

(1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system created by the service;

(2) create a list of other users with whom they share a connection within the system; and

(3) view and navigate their list of connections and those made by others within the system.

History: Laws 2013, ch. 223, § 1.

Effective dates. — Laws 2013, ch. 223 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 14, 2013, 90 days after the adjournment of the legislature.