USER RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCEPTABLE USE (CONT.)

Scott County School District 1 does not assume responsibility for individuals using the network, but does acknowledge its responsibility to the Internet community to enforce accepted standards of net protocol and its obligation to recommend the termination of user's network password and identification if it discovers ongoing and intentional misuse of the Internet resources.

Use of the Internet within Scott County School District 1 must be in support of education and research and be consistent with the educational objectives of the corporation. Use of other organization's networks or computing resources must comply with the rules appropriate for that network. Transmission of any materials in violation of any United States, state or local regulation, or law is prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to copyrighted materials, threatening or obscene materials or materials protected by trade secrets. Use for commercial activity is generally not acceptable. Use for product advertisement or political lobbying is prohibited. In addition, the following are specifically prohibited:

1. To access, upload, download or distribute pornographic, obscene or

explicit materials.

2. To transmit obscene, abusive or sexually explicit language.

3. To violate any local, state, or federal statute.

4. To vandalize, damage, or disable the property of another person or

organization.

5. To access another person's materials, information, or files without

the implied or direct permission of that person.

6. To violate, copyright, or otherwise use another person's intellectual

property without his or her prior approval or proper citations.

7. To access any e-mail account or chat room for non-school use.

8. Attempts to log on the network using another individual or group's

user name and/or password is prohibited, whether directly or

indirectly.

While Internet communication between individuals are considered to be private and every effort is made to insure their security, the user should be aware that Internet security is tenuous at best and that network service providers are required to report to the proper legal authorities any illegal activities. Misuse of names and passwords can result in the cancellation of network privileges and other penalties. Malicious attempts to harm or destroy data of another user, the Internet or any agency connected to the Internet backbone including the loading of computer viruses, Trojan horses, worms, etc. is a violation of federal law.