This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis LLP discusses Michigan's Internet Privacy Protection Act, which prohibits employers and prospective employers from requiring employees and applicants to grant access to, allow observation of or disclose information used to access their private Internet and e-mail accounts. The Act, which is effective as of December 28, 2012, also applies to educational institutions and their students, and prohibits employers from discharging, disciplining, failing to hire or otherwise penalizing persons who refuse to disclose information allowing access to those accounts. Anyone violating the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000.