7107-UR-4 Email Acceptable Use

Prohibitions on users of company-provided email.

Overview

Definitions

Spam

“Spam” as applied to email means unsolicited bulk email. Unsolicited means that the recipient has not granted verifiable permission for the message to be sent.

Directive 

All users of company-provided email are prohibited from sending email that: is offensive; may damage employee morale; is considered spam; includes malware; is used to enable a personal business venture; masks the identity of the sender; or violates copyright.

Purpose

The purpose of this directive is to minimize legal and operational risks to GNB and its IT systems from email misuse and abuse.


About the publication

Type: Directive
File type: PDF (508 KB)
Pages: 2
Publisher: Office of the Chief Information Officer
Published: 2022/01/14
Last updated: 2026/09/29

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