Sample social media and blogging policies from other sites

Links to examples of the social media, internet posting and blogging policies of several large companies. Examples include clear language about acceptable content, discussion of proprietary and confidential information and employee responsibility

June 16, 2010 — CSO —

Many of your employees, probably a majority, are using social media like Facebook and Twitter. Some are blogging about anything from their personal lives to their day at work.

Each day, more organizations realize the power of social media and are finding ways to incorporate it into their business strategy. With all that considered, do your corporate policies include clear rules for social media use?

Also see: 4 tips for writing great social media security policy

A survey of enterprise corporations conducted by security consultancy IANS in 2008 found most respondents did not have a social media policy.

"They really hadn't done the hard thinking," said Jack Phillips, IANS CEO. "But then jumping forward to 2009 we saw about a third of the audience now has something in place and another large percentage is considering these kinds of policies."

Here are links to the social media policies of several well-known businesses:

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