Social Networking

Dear Kirklees Borough Council,

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am seeking access to
any held information which addresses the following points:-
1. Whether staff are entitled to access Social Networking sites
(i.e. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc…) via the organisations
network. If so, which sites?
2. If so, what are the acceptable usage terms (i.e. time spent per
day)?
3. Any guidelines which set other standards or good practice in
relation to the use of Social Networking sites.
4. Any documents which detail the benefits of marketing the
organisation via Social Networking sites.
5. Any guidelines issued to staff in relation to their home use of
Social Networking sites.
6. A).How many staff have been disciplined in relation to
inappropriate use (including excessive usage) of Social Networking
sites?
B). Did the incident take place on the organisations’ premises or
was the incident related to private/domestic use?
C). Brief details of the incident in question.
7. Has your organisation made any requests to any Social Networking
sites to remove any inappropriate material in 2007, 2008, 2009 and
2010? If so, how many and what was the nature of the posting?
8. Does your organisation hold a list of inappropriate words or
phrases, which are automatically filtered out for any Social
Networking postings? If so, please can I be supplied with a copy?
9. How much has your organisation spent on consultancy fees
relating to setting up and the maintenance of Social Networking
sites in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010?
10. Do you have any staff resources dedicated to Social Networking?
If so, how many FTE posts?

Yours faithfully,

Robert Holmes