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I, ________________________________________, the student, agree to the following rules for using computers and the internet at school:

1) Use of the school internet is a privilege not a right. If I abuse that privilege I expect to lose it.

2) I will use the school internet for the purpose of education, and for researching approved school assignments only.

3) I will only use the school internet if there are teachers present supervising me. I understand that unsupervised use is not permitted.

4) I will use the school internet politely and with respect for other people and respect for the hardware and software I am using at all times.

5) I will never give out my full name, my home address or telephone number, or my school name, address or telephone number, to anyone else online without my school's permission

6) I will not hide things that I am doing online from my teachers.

7) If I have a technical problem with the computer or the internet, I will share it with my teachers and ask for their help.

8) I understand that I am not responsible for what other people say and do on the internet, therefore if someone else online says or does something offensive or disturbing, or if I see images on a website that make me feel upset or disturbed in any way, I will tell my teachers. I will not respond to any messages that make me feel upset, angry or scared.

9) I will not participate in any unacceptable use of the school internet. Unacceptable use of the internet at school means using the school computers or the internet to:

a) Commit crimes.

b) Bully, harass or stalk others.

c) Commit copyright violations, such as illegal copying of music files, movies, pictures or software.

d) Transmit obscene, hateful or threatening communications.

e) Communicate or publish inaccurate, defamatory or racially offensive materials.

f) Invade someone else's private computer files or read their email.

g) Impersonate others online.

h) Play electronic games unless authorized by a teacher.

i) Download software from websites without teacher permission or approval.

j) Upload or download any computer virus.

k) By-pass any school imposed restrictions on access to the World Wide Web.

l) Transmit via email any unsolicited advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail", "spam", "chain letters", "pyramid schemes", or any other form of email solicitation.

m) Promote or provide instructional information about illegal activities, promote physical harm or injury against any group or individual, or promote any act of cruelty to animals. This may include, but is not limited to, providing instructions on how to assemble bombs and other weapons, where to obtain bombs or other weapons. n) Engage in commercial activities online such as buying or selling things, without permission from my teachers.

o) View and/or download or upload pornographic pictures or stories.

p) Send in someone else's email address to a "Crush" or "Secret Admirer" website, or to any website collecting other people's email addresses for any purpose whatsoever.

q) Attack other people's internet connections, websites or computers, or damage or deface anyone else's website.

10) I understand that my parents could be held financially liable for any damage I cause to computers at school, for any harm I cause to other people as a result of malice, recklessness or negligence on my part, or for any harm caused to others by any violation of this acceptable use policy.