Internet Usage Policy

POLICY:

Internet services are to be used to acquire information related to, or designed to facilitate the performance of regular assigned duties; and to facilitate performance of any task or project in a manner that is consistent with Volunteers of America’s legitimate business interests.

PROCEDURES:

1. Transmission of any material in violation of any United States or state

regulation is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, copyrighted

material, threatening or obscene material, or material protected by trade

secret.

2. Use for commercial activities outside of Volunteers of America Delaware

Valley’s business objectives or product advertisements are prohibited.

3. The use of the Internet is a privilege, not a right. Inappropriate use,

including any violation of these conditions and rules, may result in

cancellation of these privileges, as well as disciplinary action as specified

in the employee handbook.

4. Volunteers of America Delaware Valley senior management has the

authority to determine appropriate use and may deny, evoke, suspend or

close any employee’s access at any time based upon its determination of

inappropriate use by that employee.

5. Volunteers of America Delaware Valley reserve the right to review any

material accessed by employees with Internet access to determine the

appropriateness of such material. Volunteers of America Delaware Valley

may review this material at any time.

6. Security of Volunteers of America Delaware Valley computing resources

is a high priority, especially since the systems are used for our daily

business. Users must abide by the following security steps; do not

download software from the Internet onto any disk drive in use at the

company without prior consent of management and the systems group,

do not allow any other employee to use your login name and/or password

without the permission of management, discovery of any security problem

will be reported to your line manager and the systems staff immediately.