AirWolf
Honorary Master
Where can I get a decent email and internet policy document so I can edit it to our companies needs? 
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AirWolf
Honorary Master
Anyone willing to "lend" me theirs?
Juggy
Executive Member
What about something like this?
Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP")
Users are required to adhere to all the policies specified in this AUP without exception.
The Intoweb infrastructure may only be used for lawful purposes. Users may not violate any applicable laws or regulations of South Africa within the territory of South Africa. Should the user reside outside of South Africa, the laws of the country in which the user resides shall apply. Transmission, distribution or storage of any material on or through the infrastructure in violation of any applicable law or regulation is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right used without proper authorisation, and material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws.
The user acknowledges that Intoweb is unable to exercise control over the content of the information passing over the infrastructure and the Internet, including any websites, electronic mail transmissions, news groups or other material created or accessible over its infrastructure. Therefore, Intoweb is not responsible for the content of any messages or other information transmitted over its infrastructure. Intowebs infrastructure may be used to link into other networks worldwide and the user agrees to conform to the acceptable use policies of these networks. The user may obtain and download any materials marked as available for download off the Internet but is not permitted to use its Internet access to distribute any copyrighted materials unless permission for such distribution is granted to the user by the owner of the materials. The user is prohibited from obtaining and/or disseminating on-line any unlawful materials, including but not limited to stolen intellectual property, child pornography, and/or any unlawful hate-speech materials.
All references to systems and networks under this section includes the Internet (and all those systems and/or networks to which user is granted access through Intoweb) and includes but is not limited to the infrastructure of Intoweb itself. The user may not circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network, or account (referred to as "cracking" or "hacking"), nor interfere with service to any user, host, or network (referred to as "denial of service attacks"). Violations of system or network security by the user are prohibited, and may result in civil or criminal liability. Intoweb will investigate incidents involving such violations and will involve and will co-operate with law enforcement officials if a criminal violation is suspected. Examples of system or network security violations.
It is explicitly prohibited to send unsolicited bulk mail messages ("junk mail" or "spam") of any kind (commercial advertising, political tracts, announcements, etc). This is strongly objected to by most Internet users and the repercussions against the offending party and Intoweb can often result in disruption of service to other users connected to Intoweb. Maintaining of mailing lists by users is accepted only with the permission and approval of the list members, and at the members' sole discretion. Should mailing lists contain invalid or undeliverable addresses or addresses of unwilling recipients those addresses must be promptly removed. Users may not forward or propagate chain letters nor malicious e-mail. Public relay occurs when a mail server is accessed by a third party from another domain and utilised to deliver mails, without the authority or consent of the owner of the mail-server. Users' mail servers must be secure against public relay as a protection to both themselves and the Internet at large. Mail servers that are unsecured against public relay often become abused by unscrupulous operators for spam delivery and upon detection such delivery must be disallowed. Intoweb reserves the right to examine users' mail servers to confirm that no mails are being sent from the mail server through public relay and the results of such checks can be made available to the user. Intoweb also reserves the right to examine the mail servers of any users using Intoweb mail servers or similar services at any time to ensure that the servers are properly secured against public relay.
Upon receipt of a complaint, or having become aware of an incident, Intoweb reserves the right to:
Inform the user's network administrator of the incident and require the network administrator or network owner to deal with the incident according to this AUP. In the case of individual users suspend the user's account and withdraw the user's network access privileges completely. Charge the offending parties for administrative costs as well as for machine and human time lost due to the incident. In severe cases suspend access of the user's entire network until abuse can be prevented by appropriate means. Share information concerning the incident with other Internet access providers, or publish the information, and/or make available the users' details to law enforcement agencies.
Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP")
Users are required to adhere to all the policies specified in this AUP without exception.
The Intoweb infrastructure may only be used for lawful purposes. Users may not violate any applicable laws or regulations of South Africa within the territory of South Africa. Should the user reside outside of South Africa, the laws of the country in which the user resides shall apply. Transmission, distribution or storage of any material on or through the infrastructure in violation of any applicable law or regulation is prohibited. This includes, without limitation, material protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property right used without proper authorisation, and material that is obscene, defamatory, constitutes an illegal threat, or violates export control laws.
The user acknowledges that Intoweb is unable to exercise control over the content of the information passing over the infrastructure and the Internet, including any websites, electronic mail transmissions, news groups or other material created or accessible over its infrastructure. Therefore, Intoweb is not responsible for the content of any messages or other information transmitted over its infrastructure. Intowebs infrastructure may be used to link into other networks worldwide and the user agrees to conform to the acceptable use policies of these networks. The user may obtain and download any materials marked as available for download off the Internet but is not permitted to use its Internet access to distribute any copyrighted materials unless permission for such distribution is granted to the user by the owner of the materials. The user is prohibited from obtaining and/or disseminating on-line any unlawful materials, including but not limited to stolen intellectual property, child pornography, and/or any unlawful hate-speech materials.
All references to systems and networks under this section includes the Internet (and all those systems and/or networks to which user is granted access through Intoweb) and includes but is not limited to the infrastructure of Intoweb itself. The user may not circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network, or account (referred to as "cracking" or "hacking"), nor interfere with service to any user, host, or network (referred to as "denial of service attacks"). Violations of system or network security by the user are prohibited, and may result in civil or criminal liability. Intoweb will investigate incidents involving such violations and will involve and will co-operate with law enforcement officials if a criminal violation is suspected. Examples of system or network security violations.
It is explicitly prohibited to send unsolicited bulk mail messages ("junk mail" or "spam") of any kind (commercial advertising, political tracts, announcements, etc). This is strongly objected to by most Internet users and the repercussions against the offending party and Intoweb can often result in disruption of service to other users connected to Intoweb. Maintaining of mailing lists by users is accepted only with the permission and approval of the list members, and at the members' sole discretion. Should mailing lists contain invalid or undeliverable addresses or addresses of unwilling recipients those addresses must be promptly removed. Users may not forward or propagate chain letters nor malicious e-mail. Public relay occurs when a mail server is accessed by a third party from another domain and utilised to deliver mails, without the authority or consent of the owner of the mail-server. Users' mail servers must be secure against public relay as a protection to both themselves and the Internet at large. Mail servers that are unsecured against public relay often become abused by unscrupulous operators for spam delivery and upon detection such delivery must be disallowed. Intoweb reserves the right to examine users' mail servers to confirm that no mails are being sent from the mail server through public relay and the results of such checks can be made available to the user. Intoweb also reserves the right to examine the mail servers of any users using Intoweb mail servers or similar services at any time to ensure that the servers are properly secured against public relay.
Upon receipt of a complaint, or having become aware of an incident, Intoweb reserves the right to:
Inform the user's network administrator of the incident and require the network administrator or network owner to deal with the incident according to this AUP. In the case of individual users suspend the user's account and withdraw the user's network access privileges completely. Charge the offending parties for administrative costs as well as for machine and human time lost due to the incident. In severe cases suspend access of the user's entire network until abuse can be prevented by appropriate means. Share information concerning the incident with other Internet access providers, or publish the information, and/or make available the users' details to law enforcement agencies.
AirWolf
Honorary Master
Thanks JUGGY, there is some usable bits but that is more for ISPs.
I need something for corporate network users.
I need something for corporate network users.
Juggy
Executive Member
Here's another.
"Company"
Acceptable Use Policy
The purpose of this policy is to outline the acceptable use of Company's IT resources. These policies are in place to protect the employee and Company.
The objectives are threefold:
1. To protect Company's networks and equipment.
2. To reduce the Unsolicited Commercial Email " Spam" that is flooding Company's mail server.
3. To protect Company and its employees from activities that might expose them or Company to legal action.
"Company's resources", as used herein, is defined as comprising all computer equipment, including peripherals, that is owned, used or leased by Company or its affiliates as well as Company's networks, servers and off-site services that Company subscribes to.
The connection of any device, regardless of ownership or purpose, to any of Company's resources shall constitute use of Company's resources.
The policy extends to the use of any Company email account or subscription account provided to Company by any third party.
While Company 's Administration desires to provide a reasonable level of privacy, users should be aware that the data they create on the company's resources, or while utilizing Company's resources, remains the property of Company. Management cannot guarantee the confidentiality of information stored on any computer device belonging to Company or connected to Company's resources.
Employees are responsible for exercising good judgment regarding the reasonableness of personal use.
For security and network maintenance purposes, authorized individuals within Company may monitor equipment, systems and network traffic at any time. Company reserves the right to audit networks and systems on a periodic basis to for any business purpose.
Passwords must remain secure and personnel are expressly prohibited from sharing accounts. Authorized users are responsible for the security of their passwords and accounts.
All PCs, laptops and workstations should be secured with a password protected screen saver with the automatic activation feature set at 10 minutes or less, or by logging off when the system will be unattended.
Company email accounts are provided for business related communications. We permit employees to provide their Company email address to known friends, family and associates. The use of Company email addresses for all other purposes is prohibited.
Any equipment that is connected to Company's networks must be approved by Company's IT Manager. Approval will be withheld unless there is an active anti-virus program running on the equipment with current anti-virus definitions. This anti-virus software is available from the Company's IT Manager.
Under no circumstances is an employee authorized to engage in any activity that is illegal under local, state, federal or international law while utilizing Company's s resources.
The following activities are expressly prohibited:
Violations of the rights of any person or company protected by copyright, trade secret, patent or other intellectual property, or similar laws or regulations, including, but not limited to, the installation or distribution of "pirated" or other software products that are not appropriately licensed for use or the duplication or transmission of copyrighted or otherwise protected materials. This provision applies to materials that are considered "Company Confidential."
The use of any peer-to-peer file sharing software including, but not limited to, KaZAA, Grokster or Morpheus.
The use of any IRC or messenger software including, but not limited to AOL or other " Messengers", IRC or "chat" clients.
Unless specifically business related, posting or subscribing to newsgroups, on-line discussion boards or email list groups from Company's facilities.
Posting or subscribing to newsgroups, on-line discussion groups or email lists using a Company email address unless required for reasonable business purposes.
Participating in any on-line chat unless specifically required for business purposes.
Revealing your account password to others or allowing use of your account by others. This includes - but is not limited to - family and other household members when work is being done at home.
Using Company's resources to actively engage in procuring or transmitting material that is in violation of sexual harassment or hostile workplace laws.
Effecting disruptions to, or interfering with, any other computer or network.
Sending unsolicited commercial email "spam," junk mail or any form of advertising.
Using any form of network monitoring which will intercept data not specifically intended for the employee unless this activity is a part of the employee's normal job responsibilities.
Circumventing user authentication or security of any host, network or account.
Providing information about, or lists of, Company's employees, customers or potential customers to any third party.
Unauthorized use, or forging, of email header information.
Connecting to the Internet, or sending email through, an anonymous proxy server or similar conveyance designed to obfuscate the user's identity.
Creating or forwarding "chain letters", "Ponzi" or other "pyramid" schemes of any type.
Installing any software that is not approved by Company's IT Manager.
This policy may be changed at any time, without prior notice, at the sole discretion of Company. Any changes will be provided to Employee in writing and shall have the full force and effect as if originally incorporated herein.
Employee's breach of this policy shall be grounds for disciplinary action and may result in termination of employment.
Company's failure to enforce any provision or provisions shall not operate to invalidate Company's rights to enforce any of the provisions of this policy including subsequent changes.
Should any provision of this policy be deemed invalid it shall not effect nor invalidate any other provision.
By my signature, below, I affirm that I have read, understand, agree to comply with and have received a copy of this Acceptable Use Policy.
"Company"
Acceptable Use Policy
The purpose of this policy is to outline the acceptable use of Company's IT resources. These policies are in place to protect the employee and Company.
The objectives are threefold:
1. To protect Company's networks and equipment.
2. To reduce the Unsolicited Commercial Email " Spam" that is flooding Company's mail server.
3. To protect Company and its employees from activities that might expose them or Company to legal action.
"Company's resources", as used herein, is defined as comprising all computer equipment, including peripherals, that is owned, used or leased by Company or its affiliates as well as Company's networks, servers and off-site services that Company subscribes to.
The connection of any device, regardless of ownership or purpose, to any of Company's resources shall constitute use of Company's resources.
The policy extends to the use of any Company email account or subscription account provided to Company by any third party.
While Company 's Administration desires to provide a reasonable level of privacy, users should be aware that the data they create on the company's resources, or while utilizing Company's resources, remains the property of Company. Management cannot guarantee the confidentiality of information stored on any computer device belonging to Company or connected to Company's resources.
Employees are responsible for exercising good judgment regarding the reasonableness of personal use.
For security and network maintenance purposes, authorized individuals within Company may monitor equipment, systems and network traffic at any time. Company reserves the right to audit networks and systems on a periodic basis to for any business purpose.
Passwords must remain secure and personnel are expressly prohibited from sharing accounts. Authorized users are responsible for the security of their passwords and accounts.
All PCs, laptops and workstations should be secured with a password protected screen saver with the automatic activation feature set at 10 minutes or less, or by logging off when the system will be unattended.
Company email accounts are provided for business related communications. We permit employees to provide their Company email address to known friends, family and associates. The use of Company email addresses for all other purposes is prohibited.
Any equipment that is connected to Company's networks must be approved by Company's IT Manager. Approval will be withheld unless there is an active anti-virus program running on the equipment with current anti-virus definitions. This anti-virus software is available from the Company's IT Manager.
Under no circumstances is an employee authorized to engage in any activity that is illegal under local, state, federal or international law while utilizing Company's s resources.
The following activities are expressly prohibited:
Violations of the rights of any person or company protected by copyright, trade secret, patent or other intellectual property, or similar laws or regulations, including, but not limited to, the installation or distribution of "pirated" or other software products that are not appropriately licensed for use or the duplication or transmission of copyrighted or otherwise protected materials. This provision applies to materials that are considered "Company Confidential."
The use of any peer-to-peer file sharing software including, but not limited to, KaZAA, Grokster or Morpheus.
The use of any IRC or messenger software including, but not limited to AOL or other " Messengers", IRC or "chat" clients.
Unless specifically business related, posting or subscribing to newsgroups, on-line discussion boards or email list groups from Company's facilities.
Posting or subscribing to newsgroups, on-line discussion groups or email lists using a Company email address unless required for reasonable business purposes.
Participating in any on-line chat unless specifically required for business purposes.
Revealing your account password to others or allowing use of your account by others. This includes - but is not limited to - family and other household members when work is being done at home.
Using Company's resources to actively engage in procuring or transmitting material that is in violation of sexual harassment or hostile workplace laws.
Effecting disruptions to, or interfering with, any other computer or network.
Sending unsolicited commercial email "spam," junk mail or any form of advertising.
Using any form of network monitoring which will intercept data not specifically intended for the employee unless this activity is a part of the employee's normal job responsibilities.
Circumventing user authentication or security of any host, network or account.
Providing information about, or lists of, Company's employees, customers or potential customers to any third party.
Unauthorized use, or forging, of email header information.
Connecting to the Internet, or sending email through, an anonymous proxy server or similar conveyance designed to obfuscate the user's identity.
Creating or forwarding "chain letters", "Ponzi" or other "pyramid" schemes of any type.
Installing any software that is not approved by Company's IT Manager.
This policy may be changed at any time, without prior notice, at the sole discretion of Company. Any changes will be provided to Employee in writing and shall have the full force and effect as if originally incorporated herein.
Employee's breach of this policy shall be grounds for disciplinary action and may result in termination of employment.
Company's failure to enforce any provision or provisions shall not operate to invalidate Company's rights to enforce any of the provisions of this policy including subsequent changes.
Should any provision of this policy be deemed invalid it shall not effect nor invalidate any other provision.
By my signature, below, I affirm that I have read, understand, agree to comply with and have received a copy of this Acceptable Use Policy.
AirWolf
Honorary Master
Shot JUGGY it is perfect 