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Unacceptable Use. The use of the network is a privilege, and not a right, which may be revoked at any time for inappropriate conduct as determined by the Lavaca School District. Such conduct would include, but not be limited to, the placing or viewing of unauthorized or unlawful information (data or graphics) on a system, the use of abusive or otherwise objectionable language in either public or private messages/data, the sending of messages/data that are likely to result in the loss of a recipient’s work or systems, and the sending of “chain letters” or “broadcast” messages to list or individuals. District computing resources cannot be used to intimidate or create an atmosphere of harassment based upon gender, race, religion, ethnic origin, creed, or sexual orientation. It is essential for each user on the network to recognize his/her responsibility in having access to vast services, sites, systems, and people. The user is ultimately responsible for his/her actions in accessing network services. Be sure to observe the acceptable use policy of other networks. What is acceptable use on the district network may not be acceptable on outside networks. It is not acceptable to use the network so as to interfere with or disrupt network users, services, or equipment. Disruptions include, but are not limited to, distribution of unsolicited advertising, propagation of computer worms or viruses and using the network to make unauthorized entry to any other machine/service accessible via the network. No one should deliberately attempt to degrade the performance of a computer system (including network resources) or to deprive authorized users of resource or access. Use of the network for recreational games is not acceptable. The opportunity to use District technology to access the Internet is a privilege and not a right. Students who misuse electronic devices or Internet access in any way will face disciplinary action. Misuse of the Internet includes but is not limited to: • Disabling or bypassing of security procedures, compromising, attempting to compromise, or defeating the district’s technology network security or Internet filtering software • The altering of data without authorization • Disclosing, using or disseminating passwords, whether the passwords are the student’s own or those of another student/faculty/community member to other students • Divulging personally identifying information about himself/herself or anyone else either on the Internet or in an email unless it is a necessary and integral part of the student’s academic endeavor. Personally identifying information includes full names, addresses, and phone numbers • Using electronic devices for any illegal activity, including electronic device hacking and copyright or intellectual property law violations, • Using electronic devices to access or create sexually explicit or pornographic texts or graphics • Using electronic devices to violate any other policy or is contrary to the Internet safety and electronic device use agreement. • Using devices for the purpose of cyberbullying.

Unacceptable Use. The use Unacceptable uses of the network is a privilege, and not a right, which may be revoked at any time for inappropriate conduct as determined by the Lavaca School District. Such conduct would include, but not be limited to, the placing or viewing of unauthorized or unlawful information (data or graphics) on a system, the use of abusive or otherwise objectionable language in either public or private messages/data, the sending of messages/data that are likely to result in the loss of a recipient’s work or systems, technologies and the sending of “chain letters” or “broadcast” messages to list or individuals. District computing resources cannot be used to intimidate or create an atmosphere of harassment based upon gender, race, religion, ethnic origin, creed, or sexual orientation. It is essential for each user on the network to recognize his/her responsibility in having access to vast services, sites, systems, and people. The user is ultimately responsible for his/her actions in accessing network services. Be sure to observe the acceptable use policy of other networks. What is acceptable use on the district network may not be acceptable on outside networks. It is not acceptable to use the network so as to interfere with or disrupt network users, services, or equipment. Disruptions Internet include, but are not limited to: • Causing harm to others or damage to their property. • In the opinion of the Administration, producing and/or uploading content/videos/images, either through the use of the District network or from home computers, which seriously results in the disruption of the educational process or day-to-day operations of the school. In these cases, students will be asked to remove the content and may be subject to discipline. • Use for personal gain, unauthorized fundraising, commercial solicitation and compensation of any kind. • Activities incurring liability or cost by the District. The District will not be responsible for unauthorized financial obligations resulting from the use, or access to, Greenwich Public School’s network or the Internet. • Downloading, installing other unauthorized applications (including shareware or freeware) without permission or approval from a District representative. • Support or opposition for ballot measures, candidates and any other political activity, ,excluding specific activities supporting school-related projects. • Hacking, cracking, vandalizing, the introduction of viruses, worms, Trojan horses, time bombs and changes to hardware, software and monitoring tools. • Uses that jeopardize the security of student or staff access and of the computer network or other networks on the Internet, for example, disclosing or sharing your password with others or impersonating another user. • Unauthorized access to other district computers, networks and information systems. • Using another’s password or some other user identifier that misleads message recipients into believing that someone other than you is communicating or otherwise using his/her access to the network or the Internet. • Xxxxxxxxxxxxx, hate mail, defamation, harassment of any kind, discriminatory jokes and remarks. • The sending, sharing, viewing or possessing pictures, emails or other material of a sexual nature in electronic or any other form on a cell phone or other electronic device is prohibited in the school setting. • Information posted, sent or stored online that could endanger others (e.g., bomb construction, drug manufacturing). • Accessing, uploading, downloading, storage and/or distribution of unsolicited advertisingobscene, propagation of computer worms pornographic or viruses and using the network sexually explicit material. • Attaching unauthorized equipment to make unauthorized entry to any other machine/service accessible via the network. No one should deliberately attempt Any such equipment will be confiscated. • Participating in blogs, wikis, bulletin boards, social networking sites and groups and the creation of content for podcasts, email and web pages that do not support student instruction, research and staff development. Network and Internet access is provided as a tool for your education. The District reserves the right to degrade the performance of a computer system (including network resources) or to deprive authorized users of resource or access. Use monitor, inspect, copy, review and store at any time and without prior notice any and all usage of the computer network and Internet access and any and all information transmitted or received in connection with such usage. All such information files shall be and remain the property of the District and no user shall have any expectation of privacy regarding such materials. No student or staff user should have any expectation of privacy when using the District network for recreational games is not acceptablepersonal use. The opportunity District reserves the right to use disclose any electronic messages to law enforcement officials or third parties as appropriate. All documents are subject to disclosure by the District technology to access the Internet extent required by laws of Connecticut. Downloading, copying, duplicating and distributing software, music, sound files, movies, images or other copyrighted materials without the specific written permission of the copyright owner is a privilege generally prohibited. However, the duplication and distribution of materials for educational purposes are permitted when such duplication and distribution fall within the Fair Use Doctrine of the United States Copyright Law (Title 17, USC) and content is cited appropriately. Personally identifiable information concerning students may not a right. Students who misuse electronic devices be disclosed or Internet access used in any way will face disciplinary action. Misuse of the Internet includes but is not limited to: • Disabling or bypassing of security procedures, compromising, attempting to compromise, or defeating the district’s technology network security or Internet filtering software • The altering of data without authorization • Disclosing, using or disseminating passwords, whether the passwords are the student’s own or those of another student/faculty/community member to other students • Divulging personally identifying information about himself/herself or anyone else either on the Internet without the permission of a parent or in an email unless it guardian, or, if the student is a necessary and integral part 18 or over, the permission of the student’s academic endeavorstudent himself/herself. Personally identifying Users should never give out private or confidential information includes full namesabout themselves or others on the Internet. A supervising teacher or administrator may authorize the release of directory information, addressesas defined by law, and phone numbers • Using electronic devices for any illegal activity, including electronic device hacking and copyright internal administrative purposes or intellectual property law violations, • Using electronic devices to access approved educational projects or create sexually explicit or pornographic texts or graphics • Using electronic devices to violate any other policy or is contrary to the Internet safety and electronic device use agreement. • Using devices for the purpose of cyberbullyingactivities.

Unacceptable Use. The use Synergy Gateway and Leeds City Council network may NOT be used for any of the following: 1. The creation, downloading or transmission (other than for properly supervised and lawful purposes) of any offensive, obscene or indecent images, data or other material, or any data capable of being resolved into obscene or indecent images or material 2. The creation, downloading or transmission of material which is designed or likely to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety 3. The creation, downloading or transmission of defamatory material 4. The transmission of material such that this infringes the copyright of another person 5. The transmission of unsolicited commercial or advertising material either to other user organisations, or to organisations connected to other networks 6. Non-Healthcare profit-making activity that grossly abuses the service 7. Other activities that do not benefit children and young people and their care or that do not support the professional concerns of those providing that care, where those activities constitute gross abuse of the service 8. Deliberate unauthorised access to facilities or services accessible via Synergy Gateway or the Leeds City Council network 9. Deliberate activities with any of the following characteristics  flagrant wasting of staff effort or networked resources, including time on end systems accessible via Synergy Gateway and the Leeds City Council network the effort of staff involved in the support of those systems  corrupting or destroying other users' data  violating the privacy of other users  disrupting the work of other users  using Synergy Gateway or the Leeds City Council network in a way that denies service to other users (for example, deliberate or reckless overloading of access links or of switching equipment)  continuing to use an item of networking software or hardware after Leeds City Council has requested that use cease because it is causing disruption to the correct functioning of Synergy Gateway or Leeds City Council network  other misuse of Synergy Gateway or networked resources, such as the introduction of computer viruses  where Synergy Gateway or the Council network is a privilege, and not a right, which may be revoked at any time for inappropriate conduct as determined by the Lavaca School District. Such conduct would include, but not be limited to, the placing or viewing of unauthorized or unlawful information (data or graphics) on a system, the use of abusive or otherwise objectionable language in either public or private messages/data, the sending of messages/data that are likely to result in the loss of a recipient’s work or systems, and the sending of “chain letters” or “broadcast” messages to list or individuals. District computing resources cannot be being used to intimidate or create an atmosphere access another network, any abuse of harassment based upon gender, race, religion, ethnic origin, creed, or sexual orientation. It is essential for each user on the network to recognize his/her responsibility in having access to vast services, sites, systems, and people. The user is ultimately responsible for his/her actions in accessing network services. Be sure to observe the acceptable use policy of other networks. What is acceptable use on the district that network may not will be acceptable on outside networks. It is not acceptable to use the network so regarded as to interfere with or disrupt network users, services, or equipment. Disruptions include, but are not limited to, distribution of unsolicited advertising, propagation of computer worms or viruses and using the network to make unauthorized entry to any other machine/service accessible via the network. No one should deliberately attempt to degrade the performance of a computer system (including network resources) or to deprive authorized users of resource or access. Use of the network for recreational games is not acceptable. The opportunity to use District technology to access the Internet is a privilege and not a right. Students who misuse electronic devices or Internet access in any way will face disciplinary action. Misuse of the Internet includes but is not limited to: • Disabling or bypassing of security procedures, compromising, attempting to compromise, or defeating the district’s technology network security or Internet filtering software • The altering of data without authorization • Disclosing, using or disseminating passwords, whether the passwords are the student’s own or those of another student/faculty/community member to other students • Divulging personally identifying information about himself/herself or anyone else either on the Internet or in an email unless it is a necessary and integral part of the student’s academic endeavor. Personally identifying information includes full names, addresses, and phone numbers • Using electronic devices for any illegal activity, including electronic device hacking and copyright or intellectual property law violations, • Using electronic devices to access or create sexually explicit or pornographic texts or graphics • Using electronic devices to violate any other policy or is contrary to the Internet safety and electronic device use agreement. • Using devices for the purpose of cyberbullying.unacceptable

Unacceptable Use. The use Unacceptable uses of the network is a privilege, and not a right, which may be revoked at any time for inappropriate conduct as determined by the Lavaca School District. Such conduct would include, but not be limited to, the placing or viewing of unauthorized or unlawful information (data or graphics) on a system, the use of abusive or otherwise objectionable language in either public or private messages/data, the sending of messages/data that are likely to result in the loss of a recipient’s work or systems, technologies and the sending of “chain letters” or “broadcast” messages to list or individuals. District computing resources cannot be used to intimidate or create an atmosphere of harassment based upon gender, race, religion, ethnic origin, creed, or sexual orientation. It is essential for each user on the network to recognize his/her responsibility in having access to vast services, sites, systems, and people. The user is ultimately responsible for his/her actions in accessing network services. Be sure to observe the acceptable use policy of other networks. What is acceptable use on the district network may not be acceptable on outside networks. It is not acceptable to use the network so as to interfere with or disrupt network users, services, or equipment. Disruptions Internet include, but are not limited to: • Causing harm to others or damage to their property. • In the opinion of the Administration, producing and/or uploading content/videos/images, either through the use of the District network or from home computers, which could result in the disruption of the educational process or day-to-day operations of the school. In these cases, students will be asked to remove the content. • Use for personal gain, unauthorized fundraising, commercial solicitation and compensation of any kind; • Activities incurring liability or cost by the District. The District will not be responsible for unauthorized financial obligations resulting from the use, or access to, Greenwich Public School’s network or the Internet; • Downloading, installing and use of games, audio files, video files or other applications (including shareware or freeware) without permission or approval from a representative; • Support or opposition for ballot measures, candidates and any other political activity; • Hacking, cracking, vandalizing, the introduction of viruses, worms, Trojan horses, time bombs and changes to hardware, software and monitoring tools; • Uses that jeopardize the security of student or staff access and of the computer network or other networks on the Internet. For example, disclosing or sharing your password with others or impersonating another user. • Unauthorized access to other district computers, networks and information systems; • Employing another’s password or some other user identifier that misleads message recipients into believing that someone other than you is communicating or otherwise using his/her access to the network or the Internet; • Cyber bullying, hate mail, defamation, harassment of any kind, discriminatory jokes and remarks; • The sending, sharing, viewing or possessing pictures, emails or other material of a sexual nature in electronic or any other form on a cell phone or other electronic device is prohibited in the school setting. • Information posted, sent or stored online that could endanger others (e.g., bomb construction, drug manufacturing); • Accessing, uploading, downloading, storage and/or distribution of unsolicited advertisingobscene, propagation of computer worms pornographic or viruses sexually explicit material; and using the network • Attaching unauthorized equipment to make unauthorized entry to any other machine/service accessible via the network. No one should deliberately attempt Any such equipment will be confiscated. • Participating in blogs, wikis, bulletin boards, social networking sites and groups and the creation of content for podcasts, email and web pages that do not support student instruction, research and staff development. Network and Internet access is provided as a tool for your education. The District reserves the right to degrade the performance of a computer system (including network resources) or to deprive authorized users of resource or access. Use monitor, inspect, copy, review and store at any time and without prior notice any and all usage of the computer network for recreational games is not acceptableand Internet access and any and all information transmitted or received in connection with such usage. All such information files shall be and remain the property of the District and no user shall have any expectation of privacy regarding such materials. No student or staff user should have any expectation of privacy when using the District network. The opportunity District reserves the right to use District technology disclose any electronic messages to access law enforcement officials or third parties as appropriate. All documents are subject to the Internet is a privilege public records disclosure laws of Connecticut. Downloading, copying, duplicating and not a right. Students who misuse electronic devices distributing software, music, sound files, movies, images or Internet access in any way will face disciplinary action. Misuse other copyrighted materials without the specific written permission of the Internet includes but copyright owner is not limited to: • Disabling or bypassing generally prohibited. However, the duplication and distribution of security procedures, compromising, attempting to compromise, or defeating materials for educational purposes are permitted when such duplication and distribution fall within the district’s technology network security or Internet filtering software • The altering of data without authorization • Disclosing, using or disseminating passwords, whether the passwords are the student’s own or those of another student/faculty/community member to other students • Divulging personally identifying information about himself/herself or anyone else either on the Internet or in an email unless it is a necessary and integral part Fair Use Doctrine of the student’s academic endeavorUnited States Copyright Law (Title 17, USC) and content is cited appropriately. Personally identifying information includes full names, addresses, and phone numbers • Using electronic devices for Permission to publish any illegal activity, including electronic device hacking and copyright student work requires permission from the parent or intellectual property law violations, • Using electronic devices to access or create sexually explicit or pornographic texts or graphics • Using electronic devices to violate any other policy or is contrary to the Internet safety and electronic device use agreement. • Using devices for the purpose of cyberbullyingguardian.