Internet and Email Usage

Internet Email PolicyIt is commonplace now for people at work to use email as readily as using the telephone, and Internet access is often part of the set up of a company workstation. Furthermore many people now routinely use email and the internet for personal communication as well as for work purposes. So it is important that the Company makes any restrictions on using work systems clear to employees in its Internet & Email policies.

 

Internet and Email Policy

Template Policy on Internet and Email Use which can be downloaded and adapted for your organisation.

Useful Links

Introduce an internet and email policy
Practical advice from Business Link on creating, introducing and monitoring an Internet and Email policy

 

Internet and Email - Related Documents

Internet and email policies
Advice Conciliation and Arbitration Service guidance booklet on formulating and implementing an Internet and Email policy.

Internet and Email - Recommended Book:

  "The e-Policy Handbook: Rules and Best Practices to Safely Manage Your Company's E-Mail, Blogs, Social Networking, and Other: Rules and Best Practices ... and Other Internet Communication Tools" by Nancy Flynn

US based book suitable for all organisations wishing to protect themselves from liability. E-mail is no longer the only danger—they now have to contend with blogs, social networking sites, and other new technologies. Packed with electronic rules, step-by-step guidelines and sample policies. Updated to cover new technologies, including instant messaging, social networking, text messaging, video sites, and more, this is a comprehensive resource for developing clear and complete e-policies.

Available from the Amazon link on the book cover for £12.74, and there are second-hand versions available. There is also an electronic Kindle version available there too.