Breakthru Beverage Florida is one of the largest distributors of wines, spirits and other beverages in the state. We represent some of the most valuable and well-known consumer brands in the world. The company serves the wine, spirits and other beverage needs of customers throughout Florida from distribution facilities in Pensacola, Jacksonville, Orlando, Miramar, and our new state-of-the-art faci
lity in Tampa. Breakthru Beverage Florida is a member of the Breakthru Beverage Group (BBG), one of the nation’s leading distributors of fine wines, spirits, beer, and other beverages. A group of privately held companies, BBG operates local distributor and/or brokerage houses in several states around the country. THE BREAKTHRU BEVERAGE GROUP
SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY
In order to protect the Company’s interests and encourage responsible consumption, we expect that our Associates who participate in social media (such as blogs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, YouTube, wikis, and other social and professional networking sites) comply with the following Policy. For the purposes of this Policy, we will refer to all such activity as “posting.” The Policy applies to all posting activities, whether such activity occurs during business hours or otherwise, and whether such postings are done on Company owned or privately owned equipment. Please be reminded that posting during business hours, and using Company equipment to post, is only permissible to the extent set forth in the Company’s Computer Usage and other policies. Failure to comply with this Policy could result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination. You are personally responsible for what you post. Remember that anything you post may be public for a long time, even if you try to modify or remove it later. The Company disclaims any responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, loss, or damages claimed or incurred due to any of your postings. Speak for yourself, not the Company. Your postings should reflect your personal point of view, not that of the Company or any supplier or customer of the Company. If you identify yourself as an associate of the Company, be sure to include a prominent disclaimer stating that the views being expressed are your own, and not the Company’s views. Your choice of words should suggest that you are not representing the Company’s official position, unless you have been authorized in writing by senior management of the Company to do so. For example, write your posting in the first person (“I” rather than “we”). In general, personal social media activity should be kept distinct from professional social media activity, and communications with purely personal social media sites should be conducted from personal email accounts only. Do not post any comments which are disparaging of the Company, our suppliers or customers, or any of our or their associates, or which could undermine the quality of the workplace environment. Do not post any comments which are disparaging of the products owned by suppliers of the Company. Do not post any comments which are disparaging of the Company’s competitors or their Associates. Please be professional and respectful of others in your communications, and refrain from posting statements that are false, misleading, obscene, defamatory, libelous, tortious, degrading, threatening, harassing, hateful, insulting, inflammatory, offensive, unlawful, fraudulent, discriminatory, or invasive of the privacy of others. Respect Company policies. Your postings may not violate any other applicable policy of the Company, including but not limited to the anti-discrimination and harassment policy and computer usage policy. Please ensure that you are familiar and comply with all of the Company’s policies, which are found in your Associate Handbook. The Company advocates legal and responsible drinking at all times. Any comments, images or other data posted by Company Associates must be consistent with the promotion of legal and responsible consumption of beverage alcohol. Respect copyright, trademark, privacy, financial disclosure, regulatory and all other laws. Do not disclose personal information about other individuals that may have been obtained through your work at the Company. In accessing or using a social media site, comply with the legal terms or code of conduct governing such site. Do not post materials of others – such as photographs, articles, or music – without first getting their permission. Be careful about “reposting” information from other sites. Do not post confidential information of the Company, its suppliers or customers. Do not post the logo or picture of any supplier or customer of the Company, or any of the products they own or represent, unless you have been specifically authorized in writing by senior management of the Company to do so. Report inappropriate conduct appropriately. If you feel that Associates of the Company are, have been, or intend to engage in any inappropriate conduct, please discuss your concerns with a representative of human resources rather than publicizing your suspicions through posting. Passwords. Maintaining the security of your password used to access a social media site (or features contained on such site) is your responsibility. Do not use the same password to access an external social media site as you use for internal Company purposes, and do not give out your password(s). Privacy. In accessing or using a social media site, review the site’s Privacy Policy to understand how the site uses the information that you provide. Be careful about revealing excessive personal information, including your birth date, contact information, and personal pictures. If you do not want your information to be publicly available, do not post it online. Because the Company retains the right (but not the obligation) to monitor all files and messages stored on and transmitted through the Company’s computers, remember you have no reasonable expectation of privacy on social media accessed through the Company’s computers, even if you have used a private account. Managers. Managers and executives of the Company must take special care when posting. Due to the nature of their positions, their personal postings may be interpreted as the views and opinions of the Company, even with standard disclaimer language in place. Keep current and ask questions. These guidelines may evolve as new technologies and social networking tools emerge. Please check this policy periodically to ensure that you are familiar with its content. If you have any questions or comments about this policy, or using social media responsibly, please direct them to the Human Resources or Legal Department. Visit our Social Media Pages:
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