Computer use This is an extract from the firm's General Statement of Terms and Conditions of Employment: 25. E-MAIL AND INTERNET POLICY It is a term of your contract of employment that you comply with our rules and with our policy for the use of the Internet and e-mail as follows: Our computer systems are maintained solely for conducting our business. The use of the Internet and e-mail for any other purpose may be treated as misconduct. All copies of messages created, sent, received or stored on our systems shall remain our property. If you use our email address for communication that is not business related you waive any privacy or any other rights that you have in relation to such communications and consent to their being read, monitored, recorded and otherwise intercepted by us. We reserve the right to access and monitor and disclose all messages created, sent, received or stored on our systems. E-mails and text messages and the Internet should not be used to create, send, receive or store any material which is offensive, obscene, contains images depicting sexual activity or bodily parts in a lewd manner or which are pornographic, disruptive or infringes copyright. Our policies with regard to discrimination or harassment apply fully to the Internet and e-mails and text messages. Any comments that could be regarded as defamatory, inaccurate or misleading should be avoided. Use of our computers, telephone lines, telephone systems, Internet connection or any other system or software or equipment owned or controlled by, leased or rented to us to access Internet sites or download or receive email or other electronic images or media that contains pornography or other obscene or illegal contents shall constitute gross misconduct that can lead to your dismissal without notice. All e-mails and downloads can contain viruses. Therefore all downloads and e-mail messages must be virus-checked before opening. It is also a term of your contract of employment that you are not allowed to load software on to your computer without our permission.

Computer use

This is an extract from the firm's General Statement of Terms and Conditions of Employment:

25. E-MAIL AND INTERNET POLICY

It is a term of your contract of employment that you comply with our rules and with our policy for the use of the Internet and e-mail as follows:

Our computer systems are maintained solely for conducting our business. The use of the Internet and e-mail for any other purpose may be treated as misconduct.

All copies of messages created, sent, received or stored on our systems shall remain our property. If you use our email address for communication that is not business related you waive any privacy or any other rights that you have in relation to such communications and consent to their being read, monitored, recorded and otherwise intercepted by us.

We reserve the right to access and monitor and disclose all messages created, sent, received or stored on our systems.

E-mails and text messages and the Internet should not be used to create, send, receive or store any material which is offensive, obscene, contains images depicting sexual activity or bodily parts in a lewd manner or which are pornographic, disruptive or infringes copyright. Our policies with regard to discrimination or harassment apply fully to the Internet and e-mails and text messages. Any comments that could be regarded as defamatory, inaccurate or misleading should be avoided. Use of our computers, telephone lines, telephone systems, Internet connection or any other system or software or equipment owned or controlled by, leased or rented to us to access Internet sites or download or receive email or other electronic images or media that contains pornography or other obscene or illegal contents shall constitute gross misconduct that can lead to your dismissal without notice.

All e-mails and downloads can contain viruses. Therefore all downloads and e-mail messages must be virus-checked before opening. It is also a term of your contract of employment that you are not allowed to load software on to your computer without our permission.

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