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CONFIDENTIALITY
Intracoastal Transportation, Inc's success is dependent on our ability
to bring ideas and innovations to market; consequently, confidentiality
is of paramount importance. As a Intracoastal Transportation, Inc employee,
you may be given access to information regarding Intracoastal Transportation,
Inc's products, processes, services, or other business matters which are
not generally known in the marine industry. Such information is considered
proprietary and confidential by Intracoastal Transportation, Inc, and
must be handled in strictest confidence. This information must not be
revealed to outsiders or Intracoastal Transportation, Inc employees without
appropriate authorization from Intracoastal Transportation, Inc.
Confidential information is information concerning Intracoastal Transportation,
Inc or its clients, partners, customers, and competitors that is generally
unavailable to the public. Confidential information may include, but is
not limited to, information about research, development, inventions, personnel
information, vessel plans, accounting, marketing, sales, business relationships,
and employment. All Intracoastal Transportation, Inc employees have a
continuing obligation to protect Intracoastal Transportation, Inc's confidential
information. Therefore, employees are prohibited from accessing file servers
or any other repositories of company information for which they are not
specifically authorized.
From time to time, other companies reveal their confidential information
to Intracoastal Transportation, Inc, and Intracoastal Transportation,
Inc may develop confidential materials unique to partners or customers
that have retained Intracoastal Transportation, Inc's services. Depending
on the terms of the specific agreement with the other company, Intracoastal
Transportation, Inc employees with access to such information may be required
to keep it confidential and may also be precluded from using that information
for purposes other than those stated in the agreement.
In their work for Intracoastal Transportation, Inc, Intracoastal Transportation,
Inc employees are not to use or disclose proprietary or confidential information
or trade secrets of any former or current employer or other person or
entity with whom they have any agreement or duty of confidentiality. Employees
are not to bring onto Intracoastal Transportation, Inc premises any document,
sample, prototype, computer program, or proprietary information of any
other employer, person, or entity that is not available to the general
public.
At the time of employment, and as a condition of employment, all employees
are required to sign an agreement containing a confidentiality and non-disclosure
provision. The agreement may be modified from time to time, and Intracoastal
Transportation, Inc may ask that all current employees cooperate in the
execution of a new agreement at any time during employment.
All Intracoastal Transportation, Inc press releases, publications, speeches,
or other official declarations must be approved in advance by the President
or the highest level manager with communication responsibility. All media
inquiries must be directed to the President for an appropriate response.
All inquiries or references concerning current or former employees must
be referred to the Human Resources Department for response in accordance
with Intracoastal Transportation, Inc policy.
Protecting Customers' Confidential Information
In providing services to a customer, Intracoastal Transportation, Inc
employees may access information a customer regards as confidential. This
information may include items such as a customer's business strategy or
its client lists.
Intracoastal Transportation, Inc chooses to treat its customers professionally
by protecting their confidential information from disclosure to third
parties. Additionally, we may have specific legal and contractual obligations
not to disclose information our customers' regard as confidential. To
help ensure Intracoastal Transportation, Inc complies with this policy
of protecting customers' confidential information, TowBitts (our knowledge
management repository for consulting project materials) has been designed
with confidentiality reminders and access controls.
Even with these controls in place, each employee needs to be continually
aware of the obligation to protect a customer's confidential information.
If an employee has a question about whether a consulting document stored
on TugBitts contains customer-confidential information, or how confidential
information could be removed from a document, the employee can contact
Intracoastal Transportation, Inc's Knowledge Librarian at knowledge@IntracoastalTransportation.com.
Employees can also contact the Intracoastal Transportation, Inc Legal
Department for assistance in identifying whether any information is confidential
or determining appropriate uses of any information.
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