
CHAPTER
13
Internet Risks and Rules
When employees make inappropriate use of the Internet, the result is
waste. Productivity is wasted when employees log on and slack off.
Money is wasted when management must divert resources to defend
copyright violation claims and other Web-related lawsuits. Corporate
reputations are wasted when the media get hold of particularly salacious
tales of online intrigue.
Internet Content and Web Surfing Create
Written Evidence and Legal Exposures
As detailed in Chapter 2, the 2006 amendments to the FRCP state that
all electronically stored information—including corporate website con-
tent and employees’ history of Internet