Nike Terms and Conditions

• Retail Relay is provided to support Nike business and to facilitate doing your job.  When using Retail Relay, remember that all Nike policies apply, including the Electronic Communication Policy and the Matter of Respect policy.
• For employees who are paid by the hour, you agree that you will use Retail Relay during working hours only.  Working hours do not include unpaid meals or breaks. Before using Retail Relay during other hours, you agree to get prior approval from you manager and be consistent with Nike’s timekeeping policies and expectations, accurately and fully recording all time worked.
• You consent that any personal data you place on Retail Relay can be viewed by NIKE, Inc. users globally.

Nike’s Electronic Communications Policy

NIKE, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Nike”) provide electronic communication systems for use in supporting various business activities. These systems include the Nike Global Enterprise Network (GEN), Internet, electronic mail (email), Retail Relay and various other systems.

The following policy provides guidelines to help ensure that all electronic communications regarding Nike business are appropriate, professional, and legally compliant.

Nike May Access Your System and Monitor Your Communications

These electronic communication systems are provided to support Nike business and to facilitate performing your job. Subject to any Nike local monitoring policy or notice, which would override the terms in this paragraph, and as permissible by applicable law, although incidental and occasional non-business use of the electronic communication systems is permitted within Nike, any use of the electronic communication systems may be viewed and recorded by Nike and disclosed to others without notice or other restrictions. Subject to any Nike local monitoring policy or notice, and as permissible by applicable law, Nike reserves the right to access the electronic communication systems and monitor data and messages within them, and to read, reject or remove any message, including attachments, composed, sent or received, at any time for any reason. Nike further reserves the right to limit and/or terminate access to electronic communication systems at any time.

Keep Nike's Secrets

All employees are responsible for ensuring that Nike's non-public, proprietary or confidential information does not enter the public domain through electronic transmissions. All employees are also responsible for complying with the terms of any confidentiality and proprietary agreements they have signed, or similar provisions in employment agreements or other Nike policies. 

Nike's proprietary and confidential information includes, but is not limited to, any information, data, ideas, plans, strategies, concepts or proposals relating to the following:

• inventions, patents, prototypes, and unreleased products;
• marketing, sales, promotional plans and ideas, and customer information;

• production data, futures orders, and forecasts;

• corporate matters governed by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or similar non-U.S. securities regulations, such as earnings, sales and forecasts;
• communications with company lawyers;
• anything else which, in the wrong hands, could be an advantage to Nike's competitors or could put Nike at a competitive disadvantage.

In case of doubt as to whether information is proprietary or confidential, talk with your manager. In some cases protection of confidential information is a legal requirement, not just a company policy. Legal requirements vary by country and employees should check with Nike's legal department to identify locally relevant legal requirements.

Use the most secure communication method commercially available to transfer Nike's proprietary or confidential information -- Nike's private network and Nike-provided tools are always preferable to the Internet. Use Nike-provided email accounts to conduct Nike business, personal email accounts such as Gmail or Yahoo must not be used.

Make Sure Your Communications are Appropriate and Professional

Do not use words, phrases or symbols in any electronic communications – either internal Nike communications or external communications -- that may be viewed as inappropriate, offensive, or defamatory.  Carefully review the content of any communications prior to publishing or distributing and consider the intended and unintended audiences (content may be shared beyond the original audience). Take into account whether the content, if shared publicly or subpoenaed, would be damaging or embarrassing to either you or Nike. Nike's anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies and any similar provisions in company handbooks, work rules, internal regulations or your employment agreement apply to written as well as verbal internal and external communication. Subject to any Nike local monitoring policy or notice, and as permissibly by applicable law, Nike may review communications to determine whether any Nike policy is violated, and may take appropriate steps to remedy any inappropriate behavior.

Respect Copyrights and Other Material Owned by Third Parties

Loading, sharing and maintaining unlicensed music, movies, software, or other similar items owned by third parties on Nike's systems is prohibited.

Improper Use

Improper use of the electronic communication systems may result in revocation of your electronic access privileges as well as corrective action, up to and including termination.  Activities that constitute improper use include, but are not limited to, the following:

• sending Nike proprietary or confidential information or proprietary or confidential information of Nike vendors, partners or customers to anyone not entitled to know or possess it; accessing Nike or Nike vendor, partner or customer proprietary or confidential information for non-business uses;

• sending or retrieving sexually explicit or offensive messages, cartoons or jokes, ethnic slurs, racial epithets or any other statement or image that might be construed as harassment, defamation or libel;
• conducting Nike business with non-Nike-provided or approved electronic communications systems
• operating a personal business using Nike-provided electronic communications systems or using Nike electronic communications for other commercial purposes unrelated to Nike’s;
• making excessive or unreasonable personal use of Nike electronic communication systems, including use that interferes with your work performance or uses more than a trivial amount of resources;
• sending unsolicited or unwanted personal views on social, political, religious or other non-business related matters;
• engaging in unlawful activities, including sending, uploading and downloading copyrighted materials in violation of copyright laws or license agreements;
• automatic forwarding of email to any external address;
• engaging in personal business, profit-making activities, or personal activities that incur additional costs to Nike or interfere with an employee's work performance;
• creating and installing any virus, worm, Trojan Horse, or any other type of electronic file that might have the ability to harmfully affect another user or system or gather personal or business information without approval;
• sending chain letters, non-business related attachments, advertisements, greetings and broadcast messages (including computer virus warnings);
• knowingly accepting, transmitting or distributing unsolicited bulk email, or harvesting or collection of email addresses from the Nike network for the purpose of sending unsolicited email; or

• any other violation of Nike policy or applicable law.

General

Nike reserves the right to modify or to rescind this policy at any time, consistent with applicable law.  Also, this policy is subject to and may be superseded by any local policies that a Nike company may adopt.  For example, retail employees should check with Retail Store Operations Policy, which may have different or additional requirements.