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| Introduction |
Privacy Policies are mechanisms used to establish the limits
and expectations for the users of The City Of El Paso Information
Resources. Internal users should have no expectation of privacy
with respect to Information Resources. External users should have
the expectation of complete privacy, except in the case of suspected
wrongdoing, with respect to Information Resources. |
| Purpose |
The purpose of The City Of El Paso Information Services Privacy
Policy is to clearly communicate The City Of El Paso Information
Services Privacy expectations to Information Resources users. |
| Audience |
The City Of El Paso Information Services Privacy Policy applies
equally to all individuals who use any The City Of El Paso Information
Resource. |
| Ownership |
Electronic files created, sent, received, or stored on computers
owned, leased administered, or otherwise under the custody and
control of The City Of El Paso are the property of The City Of
El Paso. |
| IS Privacy Policy |
- Electronic files created, sent, received, or stored on City
owned, leased, administered, or otherwise under the custody
and control of The City Of El Paso are not private and may
be accessed by The City Of El Paso IS employees at any time
without knowledge of the IR user or owner.
- To manage systems and enforce security, The City Of El Paso
may log, review, and otherwise utilize any information stored
on or passing through its IR systems in accordance with the
provisions and safeguards provided in the Texas Administrative
Code 202, Information Resource Standards. For these same purposes,
The City Of El Paso may also capture User activity such as
telephone numbers dialed and web sites visited.
- A wide variety of third parties have entrusted their information
to The City Of El Paso for business purposes, and all workers
at The City Of El Paso will do their best to safeguard the
privacy and security of this information. The most important
of these third parties is the individual customer; customer
account data is accordingly confidential and access will be
strictly limited based on business need for access.
- Users will report any weaknesses in The City Of El Paso
computer security, any incidents of possible misuse or violation
of this agreement to the proper authorities by contacting
the appropriate management.
- Users will not attempt to access any data or programs contained
on The City Of El Paso systems for which they do not have
authorization or explicit consent.
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| Disciplinary Actions |
Violation of this policy may result in disciplinary action which
may include termination for employees and temporaries; a termination
of employment relations in the case of contractors or consultants;
dismissal for interns and volunteers; or suspension or expulsion
in the case of a student. Additionally, individuals are subject
to loss of The City Of El Paso Information Resources access privileges,
civil, and criminal prosecution. |
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