PLEASE READ THIS AGREEMENT CAREFULLY. THIS AGREEMENT DESCRIBES THE BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO OBSERVE AS AN EMPLOYEE IN USING CORPORATE ONLINE SYSTEMS. EMPLOYER BELIEVES THAT THIS AGREEMENT STRIKES A FAIR BALANCE BETWEEN ITS INTERESTS AND YOUR NEEDS AND EXPECTATIONS. THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN MADE TO PROTECT BOTH YOU AND EMPLOYER BY BEING AS CLEAR AND PRECISE AS POSSIBLE.

Section 1 USE OF CORPORATE ONLINE SYSTEMS

Corporate online systems (including but not limited to online services, e-mail and Internet access) increase company production and employee effectiveness, but they can become a time waster instead of a production enhancer if used without policy guidelines. Employer has total discretion over employee's access privileges and the nature of public discussions on the online system, making it a productive and stable environment.

Corporate online systems are company property that are provided to be used for general business purposes to increase production and employee effectiveness only. To ensure the use of company online systems in a productive manner, a list of guidelines has been incorporated. All employees are required to abide by the guidelines; any improper use of corporate online systems is not acceptable and will not be permitted.

Section 2 ONLINE SYSTEMS POLICIES

2.1 Monitoring Tools. Employer routinely monitors usage patterns for its online communications. The reasons for monitoring are for leverage online productivity as well as for better planning and management of network resources.

2.2 Blocking of Internet Access. Different access and service levels for different types of personnel may be given to employees depending on the nature of the work. Employer reserves the absolute right to block access to certain Internet sites if it becomes necessary.

2.3 Reasons for Policies.
a. To collect data for Internet access and to ensure that productivity during work hours stays productive
b. To track and control the flow of traffic
c. To improve capacity planning
d. To decrease network slowdown and keep productivity up
e. To maintain good availability of network bandwidth
f. To reduce cost

Section 3 OWNERSHIP OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

3.1 All Communications Over Corporate Online Systems Are Property Of Employer. All messages created, sent, or retrieved over the corporate online systems are the property of Employer, and employees should not assume electronic communications are totally private. The employer reserves the absolute right to access and monitor all messages and files on the corporate online systems.

Section 4 MAINTAINING A HOSPITABLE ENVIRONMENT

4.1 Maintaining A Hospitable Environment. To ensure corporate online systems a productive and stable environment, it is not permitted the transmittal, retrieval or storage of information that is discriminatory or harrassing, obscene, pornographic or X-rated. It is not permitted the use of corporate online systems for personal gain or any other purpose which is illegal or against company policy or contrary to the company's best interest.

Section 5 NON-DISCRIMINATION

5.1 Non-Discrimination. It is not permitted the transmittal of messages with derogatory or inflammatory remarks about a person's race, color, sex, age, disability, religion, national origin, physical attributes and sexual preference.

Section 6 CONFIDENTIALITY

6.1 Communication Of Messages Disclosing Trade Secrets Is Prohibited. You should recognize that your position with Employer requires considerable responsibility and trust. Relying on your ethical responsibility and undivided loyalty, Employer expects to entrust you with highly sensitive, confidential, restricted, and proprietary information involving Proprietary Information and Trade Secrets (as defined in Section 6.2). You are legally and ethically responsible for protecting and preserving employer's proprietary rights. No messages disclosing sensitive, confidential, restricted, non-public, or proprietary information involving trade secrets can be transmitted over the corporate online systems. Discussion of any internal company affairs on any online system other than the in-house system may also be prohibited.

6.2 Trade Secrets Defined. For purposes of this Agreement, "Proprietary Information" and "Trade Secrets" is any information, including, but not limited to:

(1) the operation of Employer's business, consisting, for example, and not intending to be inclusive, of its lists or other identifications of clients or prospective clients of Employer (and key individuals employed or engaged by such clients or prospective clients), the nature and type of services rendered to such clients (or proposed to be rendered to prospective clients), fee charged or to be charged, proposals, inventions, methodologies, algorithms, formulae, processes, compilations of information, form and content of data bases, designs, drawings, models, equipment, results of research proposals, technical or nontechnical data, patterns, programs, devices, techniques, product plans, job notes, reports, records, specifications, software, firmware and procedures used in, or related to, Employer's products;

(2) Employer's relations with its employees including without limitation, salaries, job classifications and skill levels;

(3) Financial, sales and marketing data compiled by Employer as well as Employer's financial, sales and marketing plans and strategies, lists of actual or potential customers or suppliers and non-public pricing that derive economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from their disclosure or use;

(4) All ideas, concepts, information and written material about a client disclosed to EMPLOYEE by Employer, or acquired from a client of Employer, and all financial, accounting, statistical, personnel and business data and plans of clients, are and shall remain the sole and exclusive property and proprietary information of the Employer, or said client;

(5) Any subjects of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain their confidentiality, secrecy and/or proprietary.

Section 7 MAINTAINING SYSTEM SECURITY

7.1 Keeping the Online System Secure From Computer Viruses. No unauthorized downloading/uploading of software or files is allowed in order to prevent viruses from entering the corporate online systems. All software downloaded must be authorized by and registered to the company.

7.2 Infringement Risk. Employee stocking of unauthorized software is illegal and therefore is strictly prohibited.

Section 8 CORPORATE PUBLIC IMAGE

8.1 Employees' Conduct in Public. Corporate online systems is a public place for business communications, and all communications over corporate online systems reflect corporate image. All employees are, therefore, responsible to maintain and enhance the corporate's public image, and no abusive, discriminatory, harrassing, inflammatory, profane, pornographic or offensive language or other materials are to be transmitted through the corporate online system.

8.2 Employees' Identity. No message can be transmitted without the employee's identity. Transmittal of messages with anonymous or fictitious names is prohibited.

Section 9 COPYRIGHT

9.1 Copyright Infringement. No copying, downloading, or distributing of any of the copyrighted materials including but not limited to messages, e-mail, text files, program files, image files, database files, sound files and music files through the corporate online systems is allowed.

Section 10 VIOLATIONS

10.1 Failure To Comply. Failure to comply with this policy may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.