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Conducting official County business via social media is permitted only on approved County -sponsored social media sites. <br />Use of County -sponsored social media sites for communications and postings that are not directly related to an official <br />County business purpose is prohibited. <br />A department head/elected official may authorize their social media publisher to provide the following statement and link <br />to the County website when false, misleading, or inaccurate information is encountered on non -County social media sites. <br />"Official and accurate information can be found on the Kittitas County website at <br />httD://www.co.kiftitas.wa.us." <br />No other text/comment may be written, and no further engaging is allowed. Posting this statement is optional and not <br />required. Employees are not required to monitor information posted on other sites. <br />14.4.5.3 Copyright Laws <br />Postings must adhere to copyright laws and reference or cite sources appropriately. This includes, but is not limited to, <br />quotes, text, images, and documents. <br />14.4.5.4 Political and Commercial Activity <br />Publishers must not use County -sponsored social media sites for advocacy of political purposes or to conduct private <br />commercial activities. <br />14.4.5.5 Confidential/Sensitive Information <br />Confidential, sensitive, proprietary or non-public information must not be posted. <br />Information posted on County -sponsored social media sites must not contain information that relates, or can be <br />connected, to an individual or group of individuals containing specific health information (doctors, diagnoses, <br />medication/prescriptions, etc.), personally identifiable information (names with social security numbers, bank accounts) <br />or information deemed to be sensitive in nature or protected by Federal, State, or County rules and regulations. <br />It is the responsibility of the publisher to ensure that information posted on these sites does not contain confidential, <br />sensitive, proprietary or personal information. <br />14.4.5.6 No Expectation of Privacy <br />Publishers should not have any expectation of privacy as to any posting. <br />14.4.5.7 Personal Use of Social Media <br />This policy is not intended to govern employees' establishment or use of personal social media accounts for personal <br />purposes, outside the workplace and using non -County information systems. However, employees should be aware that <br />their use of social media may be perceived as representing the County and County government, and should tailor their use <br />accordingly. <br />