Stokers A5 Handbook Policies APR24

• Employees should not disclose any information about Stokers’ customers or their shopping experience at the Company on social media unless they are specifically required to do so as part of their role. • Employees should not disclose financial information, or any information relating to the Company’s intellectual property via any social networking site or in general. • Any online comments about or photographs of employees that could be perceived to be inappropriate, offensive, insulting, discriminative or derogatory will be considered in line with the Company’s Dignity at Work policy. • Any online comments about or photographs of employees that could be perceived to be inappropriate, offensive, insulting, discriminative or derogatory will be considered in line with the Company’s Dignity at Work policy. • Similarly, any online comments about the Company in general which are derogatory and or defamatory may be seen to damage the reputation of the Company and/or the Company’s business interests will be managed in line with the Company’s Disciplinary procedure. This includes online comments or postings that are in any way related to criminal activity, or that compromise the security of the Company, its employees or its customers and clients. It can be difficult to take back comments or postings once made. Confidential Information Employees should not attempt to gain access to restricted areas of the business’ network, or to any password protected information, except as authorised in the proper performance of their duties. If an employee uses a laptop or WiFi enabled equipment, they must be particularly vigilant about its use outside Stokers premises and take such precautions as the business may require from time to time against importing viruses or compromising system security. Stokers’ systems contain information which is confidential to the business and/or which is subject to data protection laws. Such information must be treated with extreme care and in accordance with the Data Protection Policy. Internet When a website is visited, devices such as cookies, tags or web beacons may be employed to enable the site owner to identify and monitor visitors. If the website

is of an inappropriate nature, such a marker could be a source of embarrassment to the visitor and to Stokers, especially if inappropriate material has been accessed, downloaded, stored or forwarded from the website. Such actions may also, in certain circumstances, amount to a criminal offence if, for example, the material is pornographic in nature. Employees should not access any web page or download any image, document or other file from the internet which could be regarded as illegal, offensive, in bad taste or immoral. Even web content legal in the UK may be in sufficient bad taste to fall within this prohibition. As a general rule, if any person (whether intended to view the page or not) might be offended by the contents of a page, or if the fact that Company software has accessed the page or file might be a source of embarrassment if made public, then viewing it will be a breach of this policy. Employees should not under any circumstances use Company systems to participate in any internet chat room, post messages on any internet message board or set up or log text or information on a blog or anything similar, even in their own time. Personal use of Company equipment and internet Stokers permits the incidental use of internet and email systems to send personal email and browse the internet subject to certain conditions set out below. Personal use is a privilege and not a right. It must not be overused or abused. Stokers may withdraw permission for it at any time or restrict access at its discretion. Personal use must meet the following conditions: • Use must be minimal and take place out of normal working hours (that is, during breaks); • Use must not interfere with business commitments or workload; • Use must not commit the business to any costs; and • Use must comply with Stokers’ policies including the Equal Opportunities Policy, Dignity at Work Policy, Data Protection Policy and Disciplinary Policy. Employees should be aware that personal use of Company systems will be monitored and, where breaches of this policy are found, the matter will be treated as a misconduct issue. In the case of employees, this may result in action under the Disciplinary Policy. Stokers reserves the right to restrict or prevent access to certain telephone numbers or internet sites if personal use is considered to be excessive.

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