1. Internet Safety
and Acceptable Use Policies

2. What is an Acceptable Use Policy?
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Code of Conduct for Internet Use
Used by Organizations and Businesses
Outlines agreement in writing
Document signed by employee/participant and the governing organization or business

3. What’s Included in Policy?
Identifies owner of computers/network
Defines intended use
Identifies unacceptable use
Notes consequences
Requires signature of acceptance

4. Why Have a Policy? Protect the company or organization
Protect the employee (or computer user)
Maintains security

5. Friendly Reminder

6. Laws Governing Internet Use
Copyright laws
Child protection laws
Privacy rights and safety
National security
Laws continue to evolve and change!

7. Unacceptable Behavior
Visiting sites that contain obscene, hateful or otherwise illegal material
Using the computer to perpetrate any form of fraud or music piracy
Using the Internet to send offensive or harassing material to other users
Hacking into unauthorized areas
Publishing defamatory and/or knowingly false material about your company, colleagues and/or customers on social networking sites, blogs, etc.

8. Unacceptable Behavior
Revealing confidential information about your company in a personal online posting, upload or transmission (financial information or information relating to customers, business plans, policies, staff and/or internal discussions)
Undertaking deliberate activities that waste staff effort or networked resources
Introducing any form of malicious software into the corporate network

9. LCPS Acceptable Use
Students and parents agree by signing the Student R&R page and turning in first week of school each year.
Always read a document before you sign it!

10. LCPS Acceptable Use
This computer system is the property of Loudoun County Public Schools. Unauthorized access to this computer system is forbidden. Users (authorized or unauthorized) have no explicit or implicit expectations of privacy. By accessing this computer system, you voluntarily consent to all LCPS’s policies and regulations and you voluntarily consent to having your actions, s or other electronic information monitored, recorded, seized and disclosed to authorized personnel as determined by LCPS.

11. Examples of Acceptable Use:
I WILL:
Use school technologies for school-related activities.
Follow the same guidelines for respectful, responsible behavior online that I am expected to follow offline.
Treat school resources carefully, and alert staff if there is any problem with their operation.
Encourage positive, constructive discussion if allowed to use communicative or collaborative technologies.
Alert a teacher or other staff member if I see threatening, inappropriate, or harmful content (images, messages, posts) online.
Use school technologies at appropriate times, in approved places, for educational pursuits.
Cite sources when using online sites and resources for research.
Recognize that use of school technologies is a privilege and treat it as such.
Be cautious to protect the safety of myself and others.
Help to protect the security of school resources.
I WILL NOT:
Use school technologies in a way that could be personally or physically harmful.
Attempt to find inappropriate images or content.
Engage in cyberbullying, harassment, or disrespectful conduct toward others.
Try to find ways to circumvent the school’s safety measures and filtering tools.
Use school technologies to send spam or chain mail.
Plagiarize content I find online.
Post personally-identifying information, about myself or others.
Agree to meet someone I meet online in real life.
Use language online that would be unacceptable in the classroom.
Use school technologies for illegal activities or to pursue information on such activities.
Attempt to hack or access sites, servers, or content that isn’t intended for my use.

12. Class Assignment: AUP Foldable
Select TWO key points regarding Acceptable Use/Internet Use in the classroom, at school, or in the workplace
Create a foldable that would make students and/or employees aware
The foldable will be evaluated on creativity, attractiveness, and effectiveness in delivering your message.
The foldable should be something that could be proudly displayed in a classroom or shared with fellow students.

13. AUP Foldable – student samples