Internet Acceptable Use Policy

By using the school’s installations, students are agreeing to abide by the following rules:

1. I will use the school computers and network with consideration and respect for others. The school will take a particularly serious view of any incidents of cyber-bullying or the circulation of hurtful material.

2. I will use ISG access to the World Wide Web and other Internet services responsibly and I will not import or produce offensive material.

3. I will keep my password secret and not divulge it to others except to a member of staff upon request.

4. I will allow members of staff to look at my files immediately upon request and I accept that all the ISG Network and electronic mail files are subject to review by the administration.

5. I will not log on to the network using someone else’s user profile.

6. I will use the ISG Network and electronic mail only for School-related purposes, or otherwise with the permission of a supervisor.

7. I will not use the ISG Network and electronic mail to solicit others for commercial, religious, or political causes, or for outside organizations or personal matters.

8. I will accept all responsibility for revealing my personal address or phone number.

9. I will not reveal the address or phone number of other members of the ISG community.

10. I will not represent other people’s intellectual work as my own.

11. I will not install software on a school computer, nor copy programmes from one, without permission from the network manager.

12. I will not use the network to breach copyright, for example by illegally downloading music, films or software.

13. I will not write or knowingly use harmful software, such as computer viruses.

14. I will not try to open or change computer files that belong to someone other than me or for which I have not specifically been given access rights.

15. I understand that failure to follow these rules may result in exclusion from the network and additional disciplinary action.