Posted on 09/28/2009 1:48:24 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
As a part of our commitment to using technology as a way to better serve our customers, we believe that social media and social networking can be valuable tools. We are in the process of determining how we want to use these tools as an organization. Because we are in such a highly regulated industry, there are many considerations in our analysis of social media. For instance, product information distributed by a XXXXX employee via social media can be subject to the same compliance and regulatory guidelines as an advertisement. If the proper disclosures are not included in the product discussion, XXXXX could be liable for regulatory violations. The use of social media and social networking is growing rapidly, and we do know that we want to participate. However, we need to first develop our social media strategy, framework and policies in order to ensure that XXXXX remains a safe, sound place for our employees and our customers. Therefore, we will disable access to all social networking sites effective at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 29. We are giving you advance notice so that you will have time to change your contact information from your Frost email address to your personal email address on any social networking sites that you use. We see great value in using social media, and we will move quickly to develop the right framework for XXXXX. Thank you for your understanding and patience.
I'm reading this as my FReep-at-work days are over.
Soon find out.
It’s a forum, not a social networking site.
Change jobs...
Until we meet again...........FReegards.
Try tomorrow and see if you can get to DU or KOS.
The DoD installation De-Freeped about 2 years ago and about 6 mo ago it Re-Freeped. :-)!
I don’t think this will count. Social networking sites are those like Facebook and MySpace.
Got a blackberry, iPhone, etc.?
;)
Just sayin’...
They’re probably referring to Facebook and places like that. Still, you’ll find out Wednesday morning, won’t you?
The firewall here blocks facebook, myspace and a bunch of others.
FReep comes through just fine.
And while I may use the internet at work, I NEVER would use my work email address on any social networking site.
Yeeesh!
ixquick
Telecommute like I do and it becomes a non-factor. All my superiors want are good loan officer and processor candidates, if I provide that, they are happy as clams. They have no idea where I go online and could care less...
I don’t know why more people don’t do this ... I can live anywhere in the world where there’s an Internet connection, phone service and electricity.
My staff accesses off site pages for their personal stuff. Try going to an intermediate site to open some form of personal account. Try a google account.
oh, and don’t be dumb. Check out ixquick after work.
(Converting one Troll at a time)
When the internet went down at our office a few months back, I realized something:
I’d get a LOT more work done if not for FR.
btt
Do you work at Frost Bank?
When we blocked social-networking sites, our net-nanny software did not classify FR as one so I still had access. Wait and see.
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