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=== 8. VOICE-MAIL AND E-MAIL POLICY  ===

Excellgen maintains voice-mail and electronic-mail (E-mail) systems to assist in the conduct of business within Excellgen, Inc.. These systems, including the equipment and the data stored in the system, are and remain at all times the property of Excellgen. As such, all messages created, sent, received or stored in the system are and remain the property of Excellgen. 

These systems were installed for the conduct of the business of Excellgen. Use of these systems for personal messages should be limited and appropriate. Messages must not contain content that may be considered offensive or disruptive to any employee, customer or to the conduct of Excellgen, Inc. business. Offensive content would include, but is not limited to, sexual comments or images, racial, religious or ethnic slurs, gender-specific comments, or any comment that would offend someone on the basis of his/her age, race, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, personal appearance, or political beliefs, or any other legally protected category. 

Employees who have access to the voice and/or E-mail of Excellgen, Inc. customers are to observe the requirements of this policy when accessing the customer's systems. 

Excellgen, Inc.. reserves the right to retrieve and review any message created, sent, received or stored on the voice-mail and E-mail systems. All passwords must be made known to Excellgen, Inc. upon request. 

While voice-mail and E-mail may accommodate the use of passwords for security, confidentiality cannot be guaranteed. Please note that even when a message is deleted or erased, it still is possible to recreate the message. Messages may be reviewed by someone other than the intended recipient. Therefore, ultimate privacy of messages cannot be ensured, and you should have no expectation of privacy with respect to any messages composed, sent or received on the voice-mail or E-mail systems. 

If you learn of any misuse of the voice-mail or E-mail system or violations of this policy, you must notify management immediately. Violations of this policy may result in the imposition of disciplinary action, which may include termination.