Our team members are advised to use our company’s internet connection for the following reasons:

• To complete their job duties.
• To seek out information that they can use to improve their work.
• To access their social media accounts, while conforming to our social media policy.

We don’t want to restrict our team members’ access to websites of their choice, but we expect our team members to exercise good judgement and remain productive at work while using the internet.

Any use of our network and connection must follow the confidentiality provisions of your employment agreement and the data protection policy.

Team members should:

• Keep their passwords secret at all times.
• Log into their corporate accounts only from safe devices.
• Use strong passwords to log into work-related websites and services.

Team members must not use our network to:

• Download or upload obscene, offensive or illegal material.
• Send confidential information to unauthorized recipients.
• Invade another person’s privacy and sensitive information.
• Download or upload movies, music and other copyrighted material and software.
• Visit potentially dangerous websites that can compromise the safety of our network and computers.
• Perform unauthorized or illegal actions, like hacking, fraud, buying/selling illegal goods and more.

We also advise our team members to be careful when downloading and opening/executing files and software. If they’re unsure if a file is safe, they should ask their supervisor.

Our company may install anti-virus and disk encryption software on our company computers. Team members may not deactivate or configure settings and firewalls without managerial approval.

We will not assume any responsibility if team member devices are infected by malicious software, or if their personal data are compromised as a result of inappropriate team member use.