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Corporate website terms and conditions
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A strongly enforced internet usage policy 1.0 Purpose The Internet is a powerful information acquisition and dissemination tool that provides access to an impressive variety of resources. Company provides access to the Internet for the sole purpose of facilitating business activities. Use of the company connection is encouraged to improve the quality of your work. Use of the Internet for non-business purposes is not permitted and is considered a misuse of company assets.
This policy establishes employee responsibilities regarding but not limited to E-Mail, World-Wide-Web access. Transfer of files and information retrieval via the Internet, when using equipment, software or networks owned by the company.
2.0 Objectives Identify proper use of the Internet Ensure employees are aware of proper conduct on the Internet 3.0 Policy Like other company-supplied tools, the Internet is to be used for business purposes only. The use of Internet is a privilege, not a right. Inappropriate use, including any violation of this policy, may result in cancellation of the privilege or other disciplinary action as deemed appropriate.
Transmission of material in violation of any country, state or local regulation is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, copyright, threatening, or obscene material.
Information obtained via the Internet may not be accurate, and the user must check the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of any such information. Furthermore, it is the user's responsibility, concerning information obtained from the Internet, to be aware of copyright limitations and to use such material in accordance with the permissions granted by the publisher.
The company reserves the right in its sole discretion to restrict access to materials on the Internet where deemed appropriate.
The company reserves the right, consistent with Federal and State laws and regulations, to monitor all Internet access, including but not limited to Email and World-Wide-Web (WWW). No employee should consider information sent or received through the Internet his/her private information.
Use of Internet access for commercial activities other than required for the conduct of company business, including for example, political lobbying, is prohibited,
Due to the non-secure nature of Internet mail, users must consider Internet Email to be public information. No trade secret or confidential information of any type should be transmitted over the Internet. No government-classified information of any type should be transmitted over the Internet.
The company and its employees are responsible for the full compliance with U.S. export control regulations. Use of the Internet does not eliminate the need for compliance with these regulations.
The most serious threat posed by the use of the Internet is from viruses, security breaches or other forms of reckless mischief. Users of the Internet must be aware that information and programs downloaded from the Internet may contain hidden code capable of making the entire network unusable or destroying data. It is the user’s responsibility to help secure the network from such attacks. As such, any data or programs acquired from the Internet must be downloaded in compliance with company guidelines (LAN/WAN User Policy).
The company’s online systems including Internet access are powerful information acquisition and dissemination tools that provide access to an impressive variety of resources. The company (YOUR COMPANY NAME) provides access to these systems for the sole purpose of facilitating business activities. Use of the YOUR COMPANY NAME online systems and Internet connection is encouraged to improve the quality of your work. Use of these systems for non-business purposes is not permitted and is considered a misuse of company assets.
This policy establishes employee responsibilities regarding but not limited to E-Mail, World-Wide-Web access, transfer of files, and information retrieval via Corporate online system or the Internet, when using equipment, software or networks owned by the Company
CORPORATE ONLINE SYSTEMS USER AGREEMENT
PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. THIS AGREEMENT DESCRIBES THE BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO OBSERVE AS AN EMPLOYEE IN USING CORPORATE ONLINE SYSTEMS. YOUR COMPANY NAME BELIEVES THAT THIS AGREEMENT STRIKES A FAIR BALANCE BETWEEN ITS INTERESTS AND YOUR NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS. TIES AGREEMENT HAS BEEN MADE TO PROTECT BOTH YOU AND EMPLOYER BY BEING AS CLEAR AND PRECISE AS POSSIBLE. THIS AGREEMENT, EFFECTIVE AS OF THE DATE SHOWN BELOW, BY AND BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND YOU AS AN EMPLOYEE Section I USE OF CORPORATE ONLINE SYSTEMS
Corporate online systems (including but not limited to online services, e-mail and Internet access) increase company production and employee effectiveness. Your Company Name has total discretion over employee's access privileges and the n@ of public discussions on the online system, making it a productive and stable environment Corporate online systems are company property that is provided to be used for general business purposes to increase production and employee effectiveness only. To ensure the use of company online systems in a productive manner, a list of guidelines has been incorporated. All employees are required to abide by the guidelines; any improper use of corporate online systems is riot acceptable and will not be permitted. Section 2
ONLINE SYSTEMS POLICIES
2.1 Monitoring Tools. Employer routinely monitors usage patterns for its online communications. The reasons for monitoring are to leverage online productivity as well as for better planning and management of network resources.
2.2 Blocking of Internet Access. Different access and service levels for different types of personnel may be given to employees depending on the nature of the work. The company reserves the absolute right to block access to certain Internet sites if it becomes necessary. The company blocking of certain Internet sites does not mean the company permits or condones accessing all other sites. Like other company-supplied tools, the Internet is to be used for business purposes only. The use of Internet is a privilege, not a right. Inappropriate use, including any violation of this policy, may result in cancellation of the privilege or other disciplinary action as deemed appropriate.
2.3 Reasons for Policies.
A. To collect data for Internet access and to ensure that productivity during work hours stay productive
B. To track and control the flow of traffic
C. To improve capacity planning
D. To decrease network slowdown and keep productivity up
E. To maintain good availability of network bandwidth
F. To reduce cost
Section 3
OWNERSHIP OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
3.1 All Communications over Corporate Online Systems Are Property Of the company. All messages created, sent, or retrieved over the corporate online systems are the property of the companies, and employees should not assume electronic communications are totally private. The employer reserves the absolute right to access and monitor all messages and files on the corporate online systems. Information obtained via the Internet may not be accurate, and the employees must check the accuracy, adequacy, or completeness of any such information.
3.2 Government Export Regulations. The Company and its employees are responsible for the full compliance with any government export control regulations. Use of the Internet does not eliminate the need for compliance with these regulations.
Section 4
MAINTAINING A HOSPITABLE ENVIRONMENT
4.1 Maintaining A Hospitable Environment To ensure corporate online systems are a productive and stable environment, the transmittal, retrieval or storage of information that is discriminatory or harassing, obscene, pornographic or X-rated is not permitted. Further, the use of corporate online systems for personal gain or any other purpose, which is illegal, or against company policy or contrary to the company's best interest is not permitted.
Section 5
NON-DISCRIMRNATION
5.1 Non-Discrimination. The transmittal of messages with derogatory or inflammatory remarks about a person's race, color, sex, age, disability, religion, national origin, physical attributes and sexual preference is not permitted.
Section 6
CONFIDENTIALITY
6.1 Communication of Messages Disclosing Trade Secrets Is Prohibited. You should recognize that your position with the company requires considerable responsibility and trust relying on your ethical responsibility and undivided loyalty, the company expects to entrust you with highly sensitive, confidential, restricted, and proprietary information involving Proprietary Information and Trade Secrets (as defined in Section 6.2). You are legally and ethically responsible for protecting and preserving employer’s proprietary rights. No messages disclosing sensitive, confidential, restricted, non-public, or proprietary information involving trade secrets can be transmitted over the corporate online systems. Discussion of any internal company affairs on any online system other than the in-house system may also be prohibited.
6.2 Trade Secrets Defined. For purposes of this Agreement, "Proprietor Information" and "Trade Secrets" is any information, including, but not limited to:
(1) The operation of Employers business, consisting, for example, and not intending to be inclusive, of its lists or other identifications of clients or prospective clients of Employer (and key individuals employed or engaged by such clients or prospective clients), the nature and type of services rendered to such clients (or proposed to be rendered to prospective clients), fee charged or to be charged, proposals, inventions, methodologies, algorithms, formulae, processes, compilations of information, form and content of data bases, designs, drawings, models, equipment, results of research proposals, technical or non-technical data, patterns, programs, devices, techniques, product plans, job notes, reports, records, specifications, software, firmware and procedures used in, or related to, Employer's products;
(2) Employer's relations with its employees including without limitation, salaries, job classifications and skill levels;
(3) Financial, sales and marketing data compiled by Employer as well as Employers financial, sales and marketing plans and strategies, lists of actual or potential customers or suppliers and nonpublic pricing that derive economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from their disclosure or use;
(4) All ideas, concepts, information and written material about a client disclosed to EMPLOYEE by Employer, or acquired from a client of Employer, and all financial, accounting, statistical, personnel and business data and plans of clients, are and shall remain the sole and exclusive Property and proprietary information of the Employer, or said client;
(5) Any subjects of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain their confidentiality, secrecy and/or proprietary.
Section 7
MAINTAINING SYSTEM SECURITY
7.1 Keeping the Online System Secure From Computer Viruses. No unauthorized downloading/uploading of software or files is allowed in order to prevent viruses from entering the corporate online systems. All software downloaded must be authorized by and registered to the company.
7.2 Infringement Risk. Employee stocking of unauthorized software is illegal and therefore is strictly prohibited. Section 8
CORPORATE PUBLIC IMAGE
8.1 Employees' Conduct in Public. Corporate online systems are a public place for business communications, and all communications over corporate online systems reflect corporate image. All employees are, therefore, responsible to maintain and enhance the corporation's public image, and no abusive, discriminatory, harassing, inflammatory, profane, pornographic or offensive language or other materials are to be transmitted through the corporate online system.
8.2 Employees' Identity. No message can be transmitted without the employee's identity. Transmittal of messages with anonymous or fictitious names is prohibited. Section 9 COPYRIGHT 9.1 Copyright Infringement. No copying, downloading, or distributing of any of the copyrighted materials including but not limited to messages, e-mail, text files, program files, image files, database files, sound files and music files through the corporate online systems is allowed. Section 10 VIOLATIONS 10.1 Failure To Comply. Failure to comply with this policy may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.
ACCEFITED: As an employee of the company, I have received a copy of the companies Policy Guidelines on corporate online systems, e-mail and Internet access. I hereby accept and agree to abide by the standards set in the Policy for the duration of my employment with the company.
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