Social Media Use

Whenever an employee uses social media, the employee must abide by this policy and other relevant University policies (i.e., anti-harassment, etc.). An employee may not post on any social media site any material or information that:

• Violates the privacy rights of another University employee or student;
• Intentionally or inadvertently discloses any University trade secret or confidential business information of the University;
• Constitutes the unauthorized use of trademarks, logos, and other branding symbols for commercial purposes;
• Displays maliciously false information about the University or any University employee or student;
• Displays any information that violates any other University policy;
• Displays any content that purports to represent the position, viewpoint, statements, opinions, or conclusions of the University, or of a University employee or student, without prior authorization to do so; or
• Violates any law, such as laws that prohibit defamation, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and threats of workplace violence.