UK Corporate Social Media Policy: Legal and Compliance Checklist for Employers and Advisers (OSA 2023, UK GDPR/DPA 2018, Defamation, Advertising, IP, Employment, Monitoring and Security)
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This Checklist serves as a reference for organisations preparing to draft a social media policy, as well as for advisers supporting them. Every policy should be tailored to the specific requirements of the enterprise, especially in regulated fields such as financial services, legal practice or accountancy. From the beginning, organisations ought to reflect on the aims and rationale of a social media policy. They should also pinpoint the possible risks arising from employees and other personnel using social platforms so that, once adopted, the policy operates as an effective means of reducing those risks. Social media covered by a corporate social media policy should include social networks, email groups, bulletin or message boards, chatrooms, listservs and blogs. Familiar platforms include Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, Flickr and X. As social media technology evolves constantly, the list of examples is deliberately not exhaustive.
Why do you need a social media policy?
People use social media for both personal and professional reasons, and the policy should aim to separate what is, and what is not, permissible. The social media policy should also operate as an extension of other general policies and procedures...
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