Acceptable internet use policy (AUP)

Use of the internet by employees of Abu Dhabi Ports is permitted and encouraged where such use supports the goals and objectives of the business.
However, Abu Dhabi Ports has a policy for the use of the internet whereby employees must ensure that they:

• Comply with current legislation
• Use the internet in an acceptable way
• Do not create unnecessary business risk to the company by their misuse of the internet

In particular the following is deemed unacceptable use or behaviour by employees:

• Visiting internet sites that contain obscene, hateful, pornographic or otherwise illegal material, refer to article (12) of Abu Dhabi Ports Disciplinary Regulations (ADP-DR) which reads “ distribute, present material or information that violate public moral through email or web, the penalty of such breach dismissal without warning and without prejudice to public follow up procedure”
• Using the computer to perpetrate any form of fraud, or software, film or music piracy (refer to ADP-DR article (10))
• Using the internet to send offensive or harassing material to other users ( refer to ADP-DR article 35)
• Downloading commercial software or any copyrighted materials belonging to third parties, unless this download is covered or permitted under a commercial agreement or other such licence
• Hacking into unauthorised areas, (refer to ADP-DR article10)
• publishing defamatory and/or knowingly false material about Abu Dhabi, Ports, your colleagues and/or our customers on social networking sites, ‘blogs’ (online journals), ‘wikis’ and any online publishing format (refer to ADP-DR article 10)
• Revealing confidential information about Abu Dhabi Ports in a personal online posting, upload or transmission – including financial information and information relating to our customers, business plans, policies, staff and/or internal discussions(ADP-Dr article 41 which reads ‘Disclosing company secrets or confidential information to achieve personal purposes, the penalty of such breach dismissal without warning )
• Undertaking deliberate activities that waste staff effort or networked resources ( refer to ADP-DR article 38)
• Introducing any form of malicious software into the corporate network ( refer to ADP-DR article13 which reads ‘Deliberate disrupt of the company computers by any means such as – viruses- causing company financial loss)

If you produce, collect and/or process business-related information in the course of your work, the information remains the property of Abu Dhabi Ports. This includes such information stored on third-party websites such as webmail service providers and social networking sites, such as Facebook and LinkedIn.

Abu Dhabi Ports accepts that the use of the internet is a valuable business tool. However, misuse of this facility can have a negative impact upon employee productivity and the reputation of the business.

In addition, all of the company’s internet-related resources are provided for business purposes. Therefore, the company maintains the right to monitor the volume of internet and network traffic, together with the internet sites visited. The specific content of any transactions will not be monitored unless there is a suspicion of improper use.

Where it is believed that an employee has failed to comply with this policy, they will face the company’s disciplinary Regulation (ADP-DR) procedure. If the employee is found to have breached the policy, they will face a disciplinary penalty ranging from a verbal warning to dismissal. The actual penalty applied will depend on factors such as the seriousness of the breach and the employee’s disciplinary record.

All company employees, contractors, temporary staff, or licensee who has been granted the right to use the company’s internet access are required to sign this agreement confirming their understanding and acceptance of this policy.