COMPUTER USE POLICY
Policy restricting personal use of employer’s computers and systems
1.
PURPOSE
a)
To remain competitive, better serve our customers and provide our employees with the
best tools to do their jobs, [YOUR COMPANY NAME] (“the Company”) makes available to our
workforce access to one or more forms of electronic media and services, including but not
limited to: computers, software, printers, copiers, files, databases, cellular phone, pager,
email, telephones, voicemail, fax machines, external electronic bulletin boards, wire
services, online services, intranet, Internet and the World Wide Web.
b)
[YOUR COMPANY NAME] encourages the use of these media and associated services
because they can make communication more efficient and effective and because they are
valuable sources of information about vendors, customers, technology, and new products
and services. However, all employees and everyone connected with the organization should
remember that electronic media and services provided by the company are company
property and their purpose is to facilitate and support company business. All computer
users have the responsibility to use these resources in a professional, ethical, and lawful
manner.
c)
To ensure that all employees are responsible, the following guidelines have been
established for using email and the Internet. No policy can lay down rules to cover every
possible situation. Instead, it is designed to express [YOUR COMPANY NAME] philosophy
and set forth general principles when using electronic media and services.
2.
AUTHORIZATION
Access to the [YOUR COMPANY NAME] technology resources is within the sole discretion of the Company.
Generally, employees are given access to the Company's various technologies based on their job functions.
Only employees whose job performance will benefit from the use of the Company's technology resources
will be given access to the necessary technology. Additionally, employees must successfully complete
company-approved training before being given access to the [YOUR COMPANY NAME] technology
resources.
3.
PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS
Electronic media cannot be used for knowingly copying, transmitting, retrieving, or storing any
communication that is:
Discriminatory or harassing;
Derogatory to any individual or group;
Obscene, sexually explicit, pornographic, defamatory or threatening;
In violation of any license governing the use of software;
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