This Company Internet Acceptable Use Policy sets out company employee
responsibility when using company internet access in their day-to-day working activities.
This policy restricts the use and type of pages an employee may visit while using the
company's internet. Some of the terms include not using the internet to visit obscene,
hateful, pornographic, or otherwise illegal materials, not using the internet to commit any
fraud or music, movie, software piracy, not hacking, and not revealing confidential
information of the company's online. This document may be customized by the
employer to ensure the specific language of the company is addressed. Use this
document if a company wishes to restrict their employee's internet access in their day-
to-day activities.
Internet Use Policy
Use of the internet by employees of (Name of Business) is permitted and encouraged
where such use supports the goals and objectives of the Business. However, (Name of
Business) has a policy for the use of the internet whereby employees must ensure that
they:
Comply with current legislation;
Use the internet in an acceptable way; and
Do not create unnecessary business risk to the Company by their misuse of the
internet.
Unacceptable Behavior
In particular the following is deemed unacceptable use or behavior by employees:
Visiting internet sites that contain obscene, hateful, pornographic or otherwise
illegal material;
Using the computer to perpetrate any form of fraud, or software, film or music
piracy;
Using the internet to send offensive or harassing material to other users;
Downloading commercial software or any copyrighted material belonging to third
parties, unless the download is covered or permitted under a commercial
agreement or other such license;
Hacking into unauthorized areas;
Publishing defamatory and/or knowingly false material about (Name of
Business), your colleagues and/or our customers on social networking sites,
‘blogs’ (online journals), ‘wikis’ and any online publishing format;
Revealing confidential information about (Name of Business) in a personal online
posting, upload or transmission - including financial information and information
relating to our customers, business plans, policies, staff and/or internal
discussions;
Undertaking deliberate activities that waste staff effort or networked resources;
and
Introducing any form of malicious software into the corporate network.
Company-Owned Information Held on Third-Party Websites
If you produce, collect and/or process business-related information in the course of your
work, the information remains the property of (Name of Business). This includes such
information stored on third-party websites such as webmail service providers and social
networking sites, such as Facebook and LinkedIn.
Monitoring
(Name of Business) accepts that the use of the internet is a valuable business tool.
However, misuse of this facility can have a negative impact upon employee productivity
and the reputation of the Business.
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In addition, all of the Company's internet-related resources are provided for business
purposes. Therefore, the Company maintains the right to monitor the volume of internet
and network traffic, together with the internet sites visited. The specific content of any
transactions will not be monitored unless there is a suspicion of improper use.
Sanctions
Where it is believed that an employee has failed to comply with this policy, he or she will
face the Company's disciplinary procedure. If the employee is found to have breached
the policy, he or she will face a disciplinary penalty ranging from a verbal warning to
dismissal. The actual penalty applied will depend on factors such as the seriousness of
the breach and the employee's disciplinary record. (These procedures will be specific to
your Business. They should reflect your normal operational and disciplinary processes.
You should establish them from the outset and include them in your acceptable use
policy.)
Agreement
All company employees, contractors or temporary staff who have been granted the right
to use the Company's internet access are required to sign this Agreement confirming
their understanding and acceptance of this policy.
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