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Computer Use and Internet Policy
This Computer Use and Internet
Policy was adopted by the Board of Directors of ____________ the “Company”)
to assist the Board of Directors to fulfill its goal of insuring proper and
productive use of computer, network, Internet and telecommunication technolog[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version], contractors and other users
of the Company’s computer and telecommunications technologies.
It is hereby directed and
resolved by the Board of Directors of the Company that all users of the Company’s
computer and [Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] affirmative responsibility
for professional, productive, lawful and ethical use of the Company’s computer
resources. Such res[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]y for the productive goals
of the Company and not for personal use of the user.
To this end, the Board of
Directors mandates adherence to the within rules, regulations, policies and
standards b[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]the Company’s computer and
telecommunications technology, including but not limited the Company’s employees,
independent contractors and others [Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] and use of such technologies.
Employees and others to which these policies apply may be subject to
legal actions, termination, [Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] and other potential sanctions,
including in some cases possible criminal sanctions, for failure to abide
by these policies.
These policies shall be followed
when using any of the Company’s computer and telecommunications technologies,
which shall include, [Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]the following:
host computers, file servers, application servers,
mail servers, fax servers and fax machines, communications servers, workstations,
laptops, software, and internal or external compu[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] (including Electronic Data Interchange networks,
Internet, newsgroup, commercial online services, bulletin board systems, and
e-mail systems) that are[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]or otherwise controlled by
the Company or used by any party to which these policies apply in furtherance
of the Company’s goals.
The company may, but is not
obligated to, institute programs to monitor all aspects of its computer and
telecommunications [Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]nclude, but are not necessarily
limited to monitoring the Internet activity of users, including web sites
visited, newsgroups vi[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]re downloaded or uploaded,
reviewing and monitoring E-mails sent and received, and monitoring the total
time involved in Internet [Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version].
Any computer and telecommunications
technology used by users and any email and web accounts established by the
Company[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version], are for use only in furtherance
of the job responsibilities and for the betterment of the Company. Use is limited to business purposed of the
[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] is not to be used for the
personal purposes of the user.
Users are placed on notice
that they should have no expectation of privacy in their use of the Company’s
computer and t[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]. All users hereby waive
any and all rights to privacy in their usage of the Company’s technology and
in any item or file that they create, access, s[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]he Company’s technology.
Company representatives are authorized to access, inspect and review any and
all materials that any users c[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version], transmits, or receives
using the Company’s technology and users hereby consent to the same.
All uses of the Company's
computer and telecommunications
resources and services shall be subject to the following rules, regulations,
policies and standards:
- Users shall comply with all software licenses
and copyrights, and with all state, federal, and international laws governing [Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] activities. Users shall not be permitted to make any unauthorized copies
of software that is resident on any of the Company’s technology.
- Users shall not engage in any fraudulent,
harassing, embarrassing, sexually explicit, obscene, intimidating, defamatory,
or other unlawful or inappropriate
material whether through transmission of e[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]vement in chat rooms or any other form
of electronic communications. may
not be sent by e-mail or other forms of electronic communication. Users encounteri[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]or observing or gaining knowledge that
others that are subject to these policies have violated these mandates shall
i[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] to their
supervisor.
- No person subject to these policies is
authorized to engage in any chat room discussions using the Company’s technology[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] in furtherance of the Company’s business
and prospects and is not for the personal benefit or pleasure of the user.
No person shall be [Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] web pages, postings, or other promotional
materials promoting the Company or its products or services without the
consent of the Board of Directors.
- Without prior written permission, the computer
and telecommunications resources and services of the Company may not be used for t[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] or personal advertisements, solicitations, promotions, destructive
programs (that is, viruses or self-replicating code), political material,
or any other unauthorized use.
- Content of all authorized communications should be accurate and concise. Users
should use the same care in drafting
e[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]ld for any other written communication.
Anything created on the computer
may, and likely will, be reviewed by others.
- Users are prohibited from sending, receiving,
distributing or disclosing and confidential and proprietary informa[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]e Company unless expressly directed to
do so by the users supervisor in furtherance of a valid Company interest. Failure to abide by this provi[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] subject the user to discipline as well
as potential civil and criminal penalties.
- No user is permitted to install software
of any kind on the Company’s technology.
Only software that is placed on [Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]ter technology by the Company MIS department
shall be authorized. In the event that a user needs additional software that is
not provided by the Company, the user shall make a written request for such
software which written reque[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]the bona fide business purpose and function
to be accomplished using said software. Users are not auth[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]to install or use any encryption software
except as directed by the Company. No passwords or encryption keys that [Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]ided by the Company shall be utilized. All passwords shall be reported to the
appropriate Company representative who shall maintain a log of all such
passwords.
- Any material that is authorized and brought
onto the Company’s computers or which is authorized and downloaded from
the Internet or provided from any other source shall be first scanned for
viruses or [Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]uctive elements. Any such items shall be reported to the MIS director who shall
assure that appropriate virus scanning is performed. Un[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] scanning is performed, even where such
item is authorized, it shall not be placed on the Company’s computers.
- Users shall not send unauthori[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] Email to any party.
Bulk Emailing is strictly prohibited.
- All Email communication with the Company’s
inside or outside legal counsel shall include a legend identifying such
materia[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]tions with the company’s legal counsel
and protected by the attorney-client privilege.
- No user is permitted to access, copy or
open a file created by another user without first obtaining the permission
of [Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]uch file.
- Users shall take all steps necessary to
safeguard any password that is assigned for their use. Passwords shall be c[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] to memory and shall not be auto-saved,
stored on the computer or the network, printed, kept in written form or
other hard copy. Users are pr[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] the Company’s computers and networks using
any password other than the password that is specifically assigned to the
user.
- Users shall comply with all export restrictions
applicable to the Company’s technology. Specifically, no items inclu[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]gy or other restricted technology may be
placed on the Internet or otherwise transmitted, by Email or otherwise in
any way that could potentially[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]uch materials from outside of the United
States.
- Notwithstanding any term hereof, all users
shall be bond by and abide by all other policies, directives and guidelines
e[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]ding bit note limited to employment policies.
All such items shall apply to the user’s activities using the Company’s
technologies.
- The Company is not responsible for material
viewed or downloaded by Users from the Internet. Users are cautioned that th[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] of computers that contains millions of
pages of information. Many of these pages include
offensive, sexually explicit, and inappropriate material. Users
a[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]t do so at their own risk.
- These policies may be amended and or [Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] at any time.
Users shall comply with all such policies as amended.
The undersigned user executes these policies
as a condition of their continuing employment or other relationship with the
Company. The user acknowledges that
he or she has read and understood these policies and their[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version]. The
un[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] to abide by all of the requirements of these
policies and understands that failure to abide by these policies may result
in sanctions, including but not limited to adverse employment actions, suspension,
[Portions
Omitted - included In fully Licensed Version] termination, and potential civil and criminal
liability.