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MONITORING OF EMAIL AND INTERNET


                   a. The company reserves the right to monitor your e-mails and use of the internet,
                       both during routine audits of the computer system and in specific cases where a
                       problem relating to excessive or unauthorised use is suspected. The purposes for
                       such monitoring are:

                     I. To promote productivity and efficiency
                     II. For security reasons
                    III. To ensure that you have not been using email to send or receive an excessive
                        number of personal communications
                    IV. To ensure the smooth running of the business if you are absent for any reason
                        and communications need to be checked
                     V. To ensure that you have not been viewing offensive
                        or illegal material on the internet  (or if it is
                        suspected that you have been)
                    VI. To ensure that you have not been spending an
                        excessive amount of time viewing websites that are
                        not work related (or if it is suspected that you have
                        been)
                    VII. If the company suspects that you are sending or
                        receiving emails that are detrimental to the company


                   USE OF COMPANY TELEPHONES

                   The company’s telephones are provided for work-related purposes.


                   However, because it is anticipated that you may sometimes need to attend to personal
                   matters  during  working  hours,  limited personal  use  is  permitted provided that this
                   does not interfere with your work, nor take up an unreasonable amount of time.

                   Personal telephone calls should be timed to cause minimum disruption to workload
                   and should, as  a  general rule, only  be  made  during  breaks  except  in  the  case of  a
                   genuine emergency.


                   It is important to note that you may not at any time use the company’s telephones to:

                    I. Carry out any work for another employer

                    II. Contact recruitment agencies or other employers with a view to seeking
                       alternative employment
                   III. Buy or sell goods other than when authorised to do so in the course of your duties
                   IV. Gamble
                   V. Communicate information that is confidential to the company outside the
                       company unless authorised to do so in the course of your duties
                   VI. Make overseas telephone calls or call premium rate numbers
                  VII. Waste working time using the telephone for purposes not associated with your
                       job or the company’s business
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