Do you consider that PhoneDog doesn't have to sue Noah Kravitz over possession of the Twitter account he opened up while employed by the organization Should you clarified yes, this next story will appear enjoy it s coming right from the Twilight Zone.

This time around it doesn t involve Twitter. This is not really a Facebook page. This is not really a Google+ account. Rather, as TechDirt informs us, this is a LinkedIn account. That s right. The account that you employ to document your personal�work history, in which you list all the businesses you ve labored at, all the accomplishments you ve made and virtually every significant milestone in your�career.

Dr. Linda Bald eagle is involved inside a fight on her own LinkedIn account. The organization under consideration, Sawabeh Information Services Company (SISCOM), has stated that Dr. Bald eagle misappropriated her LinkedIn account and contacts because she dared to make use of the account after she was fired.

Dr. Bald eagle and SISCOM s backstory isn't a simple one, which you'll find out more about here, but to chop a lengthy story short, the happy couple were already involved in lawsuit, and her LinkedIn account appears to become the cherry on the top of the bizarre cake.

This is apparent what SISCOM thinks about the problem. LinkedIn contacts are just like contacts you accumulate inside your company address book, and consequently, the organization may be the rightful owner. However where do companies draw the road Will they start pulling out certificates you gained consequently of training courses you attended on the watch Will they renege on any accomplishments you ve made throughout your time and effort with the organization

Employment in almost any given company can provide you with exposure, which exposure can result in more fans on Twitter as might have been the situation for Noah Kravitz, or even more contacts on LinkedIn as might have been the situation for Dr. Linda Bald eagle. But simply since your job offers you certain amenities certainly doesn t imply that when you leave that job, forced or else, you need to give all that back.

In Dr. Bald eagle s situation, they are not only stating that the account is rightfully their own, additionally they acquired use of it, and changed her title and profile photo with this of some other worker. Once they attempted to complete exactly the same with Clifford Brody, another worker who had been release, they realized that they the annoying little obstacle of not getting his password. Based on TechDirt, SISCOM really approached LinkedIn to retrieve the password not to mention were averted.

SISCOM s claim, like PhoneDog s, is the fact that the organization invested its very own time, money and energy in to the LinkedIn account. It veers from the PhoneDog/Noah Kravitz suit with the addition of it was other employees who led to maintaining the account, that is the way they could proceed and alter the data around the account without Dr. Bald eagle s understanding, effectively securing her from her LinkedIn account.

This still simply doesn t jive. Basically bring in help to keep my�LinkedIn account, this doesn t provide them with possession over my account or its contents.

As TechDirt highlights, SISCOM could have a situation so far as a listing of contacts is worried, but lounging claim that they can the particular LinkedIn account is just like the PhoneDog debacle. It is an additional illustration of a misguided situation which will simply steer employees from using efficient social networking tools which will make them better at their jobs.

Read the whole legal document for that situation below: