Systems and Access You are responsible for all activity on school systems carried out under any access/account rights assigned to you, whether accessed via school ICT equipment or your own PC Do not allow any unauthorised person to use school ICT facilities and services that have been provided to you Ensure you remove portable media from your computer when it is left unattended Use only your own personal logons, account IDs and passwords and do not allow them to be used by anyone else Keep your screen display out of direct view of any third parties when you are accessing personal, sensitive, confidential or classified information Ensure you lock your screen before moving away from your computer during your normal working day to protect any personal, sensitive, confidential or otherwise classified data and to prevent unauthorised access Ensure that you logoff from the PC completely when you are going to be away from the computer for a longer period of time Do not introduce or propagate viruses It is imperative that you do not access, load, store, post or send from school ICT any material that is, or may be considered to be, illegal, offensive, libelous, pornographic, obscene, defamatory, intimidating, misleading or disruptive to the school or may bring the school or HCC into disrepute. This includes, but is not limited to, jokes, chain letters, files, emails, clips or images that are not part of the school’s business activities; sexual comments or images, nudity, racial slurs, gender specific comments, or anything that would offend someone on the basis of their age, sexual orientation, religious or political beliefs, national origin, or disability (in accordance with the Sex Discrimination Act, the Race Relations Act and the Disability Discrimination Act) Any information held on School systems, hardware or used in relation to School business may be subject to The Freedom of Information Act Where necessary, obtain permission from the owner or owning authority and pay any relevant fees before using, copying or distributing any material that is protected under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998 It is essential that any hard drives which may have held personal or
Systems and Access You are responsible for all activity on school systems carried out under any access/account rights assigned to you, whether accessed via school ICT equipment or your own PC Do not allow any unauthorised person to use school ICT facilities and services that have been provided to you Ensure you remove portable media from your computer when it is left unattended Use only your own personal logons, account IDs and passwords and do not allow them to be used by anyone else Keep your screen display out of direct view of any third parties when you are accessing personal, sensitive, confidential or classified information Ensure you lock your screen before moving away from your computer during your normal working day to protect any personal, sensitive, confidential or otherwise classified data and to prevent unauthorised access Ensure that you logoff from the PC completely when you are going to be away from the computer for a longer period of time Do not introduce or propagate viruses It is imperative that you do not access, load, store, post or send from school ICT any material that is, or may be considered to be, illegal, offensive, libelous, pornographic, obscene, defamatory, intimidating, misleading or disruptive to the school or may bring the school or HCC into disrepute. This includes, but is not limited to, jokes, chain letters, files, emails, clips or images that are not part of the school’s business activities; sexual comments or images, nudity, racial slurs, gender specific comments, or anything that would offend someone on the basis of their age, sexual orientation, religious or political beliefs, national origin, or disability (in accordance with the Sex Discrimination Act, the Race Relations Act and the Disability Discrimination Act) Any information held on School systems, hardware or used in relation to School business may be subject to The Freedom of Information Act Where necessary, obtain permission from the owner or owning authority and pay any relevant fees before using, copying or distributing any material that is protected under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998 It is essential that any hard drives which may have held personal or
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