Sussex Downs College
Internet Policy
Sussex Downs College
Internet Acceptable Use Policy
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Scope
This Policy applies to all College staff (including temporary staff), visitors, contractors and students of
the College and to those using the College’s IT resources. This policy forms part of the regulations
governing use of the College’s IT facilities. At times these policies overlap and complement each
other. This means that the proper use of the internet will be informed not only by the guidelines
below but also by a range of other documents. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
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General Principles
The internet is a valuable resource for both staff and students in pursuance of their work. Use of the
Internet is permitted and encouraged where such use supports the goals and objectives of the
College. However:
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Data Protection Policy
Dignity at Work Policy
Information Security Policy
Sussex Downs Email acceptable use policy
Sussex Downs acceptable use policy for IT facilities and systems
JANET Acceptable Use Policy
Internet access using College equipment should be for College business. Limited personal use
may be allowed as a privilege, not a right.
Use of Internet is monitored for security and/network management reasons. Users may also be
subject to limitations on their use of such resources through content or service filtering
The distribution of any information through the College’s network is subject to the scrutiny of the
College. The College reserves the right to determine the suitability of this information.
The use of computing resources is subject to UK law and any illegal use will be dealt with
appropriately.
Restrictions
College IT facilities must not be used for, or in connection with, the following activities, many of
which could result in college disciplinary action, legal action or civil proceedings being initiated:
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deliberately accessing, creating or transmitting any obscene or indecent images, data or other
material, or any data capable of being resolved into obscene or indecent images or material;
creating or transmitting material which is designed or likely to cause offence, annoyance,
inconvenience or needless anxiety to another;
creating or transmitting defamatory material or material that is libellous of any other person’s or
company’s reputation, products or services;
viewing, transmitting, copying, downloading or producing material, including (but not
exhaustively) software, films, television programmes, music, electronic documents and books
which infringes the copyright of another person, or organisation;
making offensive or derogatory remarks about staff, students or the College on interactive social
networking websites such as Facebook;
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Internet Policy
posting offensive, obscene or derogatory photographs, images, commentary or soundtracks on
interactive social networking websites such as Facebook and YouTube;
transmitting or producing material which breaches confidentiality undertakings;
attempting to gain deliberate access to facilities or services which you are unauthorised to
access;
deliberately undertaking activities that corrupt or destroy other users' data; disrupt the work of
other users, or deny network resources to them; violate the privacy of other users; waste staff
effort or networked resources;
creating or transmitting unsolicited commercial or advertising material unless that material is
part of a service to which recipients have chosen to subscribe;
making commitments via the Internet on behalf of the College without full authority;
undertaking any activities detrimental to the reputation or business interests of the College;
deliberately contributing to ‘news groups’ or web sites that advocate illegal activity;
Responsibilities
Any user who inadvertently accesses an inappropriate Internet site must immediately close the session or
return to the previous page.
Those who use College computing resources to make purchases, pay bills or conduct on-line banking or
similar activities do so at their own risk. The College cannot be responsible for any direct or indirect losses
sustained by those using its computer resources for personal transactions.
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