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If you're a business owner with employees, you know they're prone to using the Internet at work for personal business. While this can be a nice perk, it can also create problems for your company.

 

To alleviate the risks associated with employees' personal use, from lost productivity to viruses and hackers that could compromise your company's and your customers' sensitive data, you should develop an Acceptable Use Policy detailing what employees can and can't do on your office network.

 

For instance, you may want to allow employees to check their personal email at work but provide strict guidelines for such use (i.e., they can not open any file attachments at all). You may also want to prevent them from visiting social networking sites that are prone to virus infections (i.e., MySpace).

 

The policy will not only reduce the risk of infections or other disasters on your network, it could also protect you legally. Without such a policy, you may not win in court if an employee terminated for causing a disaster on your network claimed they were never told they couldn't use the network for personal use.

 

For help developing such a policy, you can call Eric Magill at 537-4198.