The following uses of the district system are considered unacceptable:

1. Personal Safety (Restrictions are for student only)
   1. Users will not post personal contact information about themselves or other people. Personal contact information includes address, telephone, school address, work address, etc.
   2. Users will not agree to meet with someone they have met online without their parent’s approval and participation.
   3. Users will promptly disclose to their teacher or other school employee any message they receive that is inappropriate or makes them feel uncomfortable.
2. Illegal Activities
   1. Users will not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the District system or to any other computer system through the District System, or go beyond their authorized access. This includes attempting to log in through another person’s account or access another person’s files. These actions are illegal, even if only for the purposes of “browsing”.
   2. Users will not make deliberate attempts to disrupt the computer system performance or destroy data by spreading computer viruses or by any other means. These actions are illegal.
   3. Users will not use the District system to engage in any other illegal act, such as arranging for a drug sale or the purchase of alcohol, engaging in criminal gang activity, threatening the safety of persons, etc.
   4. Users will not attempt to load or load software on district systems that has not been approved by the HISD Technology Department. The Technology Department will carry out district policies about software loaded on HISD technology equipment.
3. System Security
   1. Users are responsible for the use of their individual account and should take all reasonable precautions to prevent others from being able to use their account. Under no conditions should a user provide their password to another person.
   2. Users will immediately notify * (the system administrator) if they have identified a possible security problem. Users will not go looking for security problems, because this may be construed as an illegal attempt to gain access.
   3. Users will avoid the inadvertent spread of computer viruses by following the District virus protecttion procedures if they download software.
4. Inappropriate Language
   1. Restrictions against Inappropriate Language apply to public messages, private messages, and material posted on Web pages.
   2. Users will not use obscene, profane, lewd, vulgar, rude, inflammatory, threatening, or disrespectful language.
   3. Users will not post information that, if acted upon, could cause damage or a danger of disruption.
   4. Users will not engage in personal attacks, including prejudicial or discriminatory attacks.
   5. Users will not harass another person. Harassment is persistently acting in a manner that distresses or annoys another person. If a user is told by a person to stop sending them messages, they must stop.
   6. Users will not knowingly or recklessly post false or defamatory information about a person or organization.
5. Respect for Privacy
   1. Users will not repost an email message that was sent to them privately without permission of the person who went them the message.
   2. Users will not post private information about another person.
6. Respecting Resource Limits
   1. Users will use the system only for educational and professional or career development activities (no time limit), and limited, high-quality, self-discovery activities is no more than * (number) hours per week.
   2. Users will not download large files unless absolutely necessary. If necessary, users will download the file at a time when the system is not being heavily used and immediately remove the file from the system computer to their personal computer.
   3. Users will not post chain letters or engage in “spamming”. Spamming is sending an annoying or unnecessary message to a large number of people.
   4. Users will check their e-mail frequently, delete unwanted messages promptly, and stay within their e-mail quota.
   5. Users will be subscribed only to high quality discussion group mail lists that are relevant to their education or professional/career development.
7. Plagiarism and Copyright Infringement
   1. Users will not plagiarize works that they find on the Internet. Plagiarism is taking the ideas or writing of other and presenting them as if they were original to the user.
   2. Users will respect the rights of copyright owners. Copyright infringement occurs when an indi- vidual inappropriately reproduces a work that is protected by a copyright. If a work contains language that specifies acceptable use of that work, the user should follow the expressed re- quirements. If the user is unsure whether or not they can use a work, they should request per mission from the copyright owner.
8. Inappropriate Access to Material
   1. Users will not use the District system to access material that is profane or obscene (pornography), that advocates illegal acts, or that advocates violence or discrimination towards other people (hate literature). For students, a special exception may be made for hate literature if the purpose of such access to conduct research and access is approved by both the teacher and the parent. District employees may access the above material only in the context of legitimate research.
   2. If a user inadvertently accesses such information, they should immediately disclose the inadvertent access in a manner specified they have intentionally violated the Acceptable Use Policy.
9. Final authority for all system access and use.
   1. Hallsville Independent School District reserves the right limit or deny access to district technology systems and services. All decisions to allow, limit or deny access to district systems will be at the discretion of the district superintendent.