February

The Uniform Law Commission recently announced that it intends to propose legislation in 2016 that would seek to bring uniformity and consistency to social media privacy legislation across the states, particularly in the 27 states that have not passed such legislation.

It would apply both to employer access to employees' social media account information and to university access to students' social media account information.

On November 15, 2015, Wisconsin became the seventh state to participate in the Records and Information from DMV's for E-Verify (RIDE) program.  Driver's licenses and ID cards account for nearly 80% of the documents used as proof of identity by employees for E-Verify.
 
The Records and Information from DMVs for E-Verify (RIDE) initiative is an enhancement to the E-Verify program that verifies the validity of driver's license and ID card information by matching the data entered by employers against participating state motor vehicle department records.
 
RIDE enables two-part verification by validating the information on select identity documents in addition to the existing employment authorization check.