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City of Arden Hills Personnel Policy Effective February 29,2016 Uses the system for any other illegal purpose. It is also unacceptable for a user to use the facilities and capabilities of the system to: 1. Conduct any non-approved business; 2. Solicit the performance of any activity that is prohibited by law; 3. Transmit material, information or software in violation of any state, local, or federal law; 4. Conduct any political activity; 5. Conduct any non-City fund raising or public relations activities; 6. Download software without prior authorization of the network administrator; 7. Download music, video, and related media files that have no business purpose; 8. Engage in any activity for personal gain or personal business transactions; or 9. Make any unauthorized purchases. Copyrighted Material Users may download copyrighted material,but its use must be strictly within the agreement as posted by the author or current copyright law. The federal Copyright Act at 17 U.S.C. 101 et seq. (1988), protects and prohibits use of all original works of authorship in any tangible medium of expression. This includes a prohibition on plagiarism (using someone else's ideas or writing and passing it on as one's own). E-mail Internet e-mail is considered network activity; thus, it is subject to all policies regarding acceptable/unacceptable uses of the internet as well as the City's e-mail policy. Users should not consider internet e-mail to be private or secure. Passwords Access to the internet may require a password, and authorized employees are prohibited from giving their password to any other person, except as provided for inthe City's password policy. The password remains the property of the City, and all passwords must be disclosed to the Director of Administration. Uses of E-mail System The City provides an e-mail system to employees for their use in performing their duties 86