{"id":2323,"date":"2010-04-28T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T13:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/04\/legalities-of-employee-blogging\/"},"modified":"2010-05-04T06:47:46","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T11:47:46","slug":"legalities-of-employee-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/04\/legalities-of-employee-blogging\/","title":{"rendered":"Legalities Of Employee Blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/guides\/2010\/04\/employee-blogging-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\">Inc.com offers up a timely article<\/a> regarding employee blogging and the different pitfalls for companies who allow it.\u00a0 Honestly, I haven\u2019t put as much thought into this topic as the writer.\u00a0 I did find these 10 points interesting (thought I don\u2019t follow them):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Remind employees to familiarize themselves with the employment agreement and policies included in the employee handbook before they begin blogging.<br \/>\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 State that the policy applies to both blogs for the company and personal blogs.<br \/>\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blog posts should not disclose any information that is confidential or proprietary to the company or to any third party that has disclosed information to the company.<br \/>\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If an employee comments on any aspect of the company&#8217;s business they must clearly identify themselves as an employee in the blog posting and include a disclaimer.<br \/>\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The disclaimer should be something like &#8220;the views expressed on this post are mine and do not necessarily reflect the views of (your companies name).<br \/>\n6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blog posts should not include company logos or trademarks.<br \/>\n7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blog posts must respect copyright, privacy, fair use, financial disclosure, and other applicable laws.<br \/>\n8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Employees should neither claim nor imply that they are speaking on the company&#8217;s behalf.<br \/>\n9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Corporate blogs (located on your company website) require approval when the employee is blogging about the company and the industry.<br \/>\n10.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That the company reserves the right to request the certain subjects are avoided, withdraw certain posts and remove inappropriate comments.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Blogs open up a new liability for companies in that the information is disseminated to a large audience in an almost uncontrollable media.\u00a0 Clearly employees are restrained by their potential termination if they cross a line.\u00a0 I always think of the recently terminated employees \u2013 the restraining thought of termination is no longer in effect.<\/p>\n<p>That leads to some interesting posts\u2026to say the least.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inc.com offers up a timely article regarding employee blogging and the different pitfalls for companies who allow it.\u00a0 Honestly, I haven\u2019t put as much thought into this topic as the writer.\u00a0 I did find these 10 points interesting (thought I don\u2019t follow them): 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Remind employees to familiarize themselves with the employment agreement and policies included in the employee handbook before they begin blogging. 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 State that the policy applies to both blogs for the company and personal blogs. 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Blog posts should not disclose any information that is confidential or proprietary to the company or to any third party that has disclosed information to the company. 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If an&hellip; 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