Employee Internet Use Monitoring and Filtering Policy

The purpose of this policy is to define standards for systems that monitor and limit web use from any computer or host within 1836 Technologies's network. These standards are designed to ensure that 1836 Technologies assets network, and Internet are used in a safe and responsible manner, to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and reliability of the 1836 Technologies network, and to prevent intrusions into 1836 Technologies’s network, breaches of personal and sensitive data, and ensure that employee web use by Personnel be monitored or researched in the event of an incident.

This policy applies to all 1836 Technologies employees, contractors, vendors, users, and agents with a 1836 Technologies-owned, contractor provided, government furnished or personally-owned computer or workstation connected to the 1836 Technologies network. This policy applies to all end user initiated communications between 1836 Technologies’s network and the Internet, including web browsing, instant messaging, file transfer, file sharing, and other standard and proprietary protocols. Server to Server communications, such as SMTP traffic, backups, automated data transfers or database communications are excluded from this policy.

This policy also explains what 1836 Technologies may do as an employer to lawfully monitor and report use of the system and investigate suspected systems breaches by Personnel or third parties as well as unlawful behavior.