Manager Home Access Usage Guidelines

All Darden Restaurants employees must follow these guidelines when using the Internet and/or all forms of company electronic communications, including, but not limited to, Outlook, DiSH and other company intranets, and voice mail:

What is "Appropriate Usage?"

• Use electronic communications and the Internet for business purposes and limited personal uses appropriate for the office ("personal uses" include such things as stock quotes, news and weather and personal e-mail).
• Do not participate in chain letters and other electronic "junk mail" that aren’t related to the company's business.
• Make sure all electronic messages using company resources (including all internal and personal e-mail) are consistent with appropriate professional practices and do not contain profanity, racially or sexually harassing comments, or sexually explicit messages.
• Only send messages from your user account, so they always contain the actual sender’s name or valid e-mail account.

There’s No Such Thing as Internet or Electronic Communication Privacy

• When an employee is using company resources, the company has the right to access the employee's electronic communications and monitor his or her Internet use at any time, for any reason, without notifying the employee.
• Understand that all company electronic communications are neither confidential nor private.

Surf the Internet Carefully

• The Internet is NOT a secure network, so do not send or receive any confidential or proprietary information without first consulting with your department head.
• Only access the Internet through a company-approved method, with prior approval from your department head (officer level) and the Manager, Network Services.

Handle Proprietary & Confidential Information with Care

• Any employee who uses the Internet and/or electronic communications to process, transmit or receive proprietary or confidential information is responsible for taking the necessary precautions to ensure the information is secure and can’t be accessed by any unauthorized person or entity.
• Proprietary and confidential information includes, but is not limited to: 1) guest counts; 2) general ledger; and 3) any type of sales information.

As members of the Restaurant Support Center team, we all have a responsibility to use our electronic communications and Internet connections responsibly and professionally. We also need to understand that anyone who doesn’t live up to these responsibilities might not stay on the team.