Common use of INTERNET ACCEPTABLE USE Clause in Contracts

INTERNET ACCEPTABLE USE. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Community Schools is pleased to offer its faculty, staff, and students access to the Internet. The Internet is an electronic highway connecting hundreds of thousands of computers and millions of individual users all over the world. This computer technology will help propel our schools through the communication age by allowing students and staff to access and use resources from distant computers, communicate and collaborate with other individuals and groups around the world, and significantly expand their available information base. a. While the district’s intent is to make Internet access available in order to further educational goals and objectives, it is possible to access other materials as well. All users should be aware that some material accessible via the Internet may contain items that are illegal, defamatory, inaccurate, or potentially offensive to some people. SCS institutes technical methods or systems to regulate Internet access, however, those methods can not guarantee compliance with the district’s acceptable use policy. That notwithstanding, the district believes that the benefits to users exceed any disadvantages. b. The primary purpose of district-provided Internet access is to facilitate communications in support of research and education. To remain eligible as users, use must be in support of and consistent with the educational objectives of Sheridan Community Schools. Access is a privilege, not a right. Access entails responsibility. c. Users should not expect that files stored on school-based computers will always be private. SCS reserves the right to monitor and audit all internal and external usage. Administrators may spot-check files and network traffic to maintain the performance/reliability of the network and insure that users are acting responsibly. Students are responsible for good behavior on-line just as they are in a classroom or other area of school. d. The following uses of school-provided Internet access are not permitted: i. to access, upload, download, or distribute illegal, vulgar, abusive, pornographic, obscene, or sexually explicit material, ii. to transmit vulgar, obscene, abusive, or sexually explicit language, iii. to violate any local, state, or federal statute, iv. to vandalize, damage, or disable the property of another individual or organization, v. to access another individual’s materials, information, or files without permission, vi. to download software without the permission of building technology staff (this includes screen savers, shareware, and any other programmatic data file), vii. to violate copyright, plagiarize or otherwise use the intellectual property of another individual or organization without permission, viii. to reveal information about yourself, such as your personal address, phone number, or those of others, ix. to purchase or sell goods and services. e. The following uses of school-provided Internet access are permitted: i. using the Internet in support of education or school appropriate research. f. Any violation of district policy and rules may result in loss of district- provided access to its computer services. When and where applicable, law enforcement agencies may be involved. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Community Schools makes no warranties of any kind, neither expressed nor implied, for the Internet access it is providing. The district will not be responsible for any damages users suffer, including, but not limited to, loss of data resulting from delays or interruptions in service. The district will not be responsible for the accuracy, nature, or quality of information stored on district diskettes, hard drives, or servers; nor for the accuracy, nature, or quality of information gathered through district-provided Internet access. The district will not be responsible for personal property used to access district computers or networks or for district-provided Internet access. The district will not be responsible for unauthorized financial obligations resulting from district-provided access to the Internet.