ICT resources at the European School are meant for educational purposes. When using them students must

1. Respect and protect the privacy of others

Use only assigned accounts. Do not make your personal access available to others.

Do not view, use, copy or distribute passwords, personal information or data to which you are not authorised

2. Respect and protect the integrity, availability, and security of all electronic resources. Respect school property

Do not damage hardware, software or data

Do not install or remove software without authorisation

Report damaged or malfunctioning resources immediately to your teacher or to a member of the staff

3. Respect and protect the intellectual property of others.

Do not download or make illegal copies of copyrighted material (music, films, software …)

Do not plagiarize.

4.Respect the members of school community and the school’s public image

Communicate only in ways that are kind and respectful.

Do not threaten, spread lies, deceit, defamation or slander about people or organisations, especially about members of our school community

Do not search, browse or distribute material of racist, sexist or other offensive contents insulting to human dignity.

Do not send spam, chain letters, or other mass unsolicited mailings.

Do not buy, sell, advertise, or otherwise conduct business, unless approved as a school project.

Consequences for Violation of the above rules.

Violations of these rules can result in disciplinary action, including the loss of a student's privileges to use the school's information technology resources. Furthermore, the intentional damage of hardware, or of the system, can lead to the pupil being liable to pay for the repair costs

Supervision and Monitoring. School and network administrators and their authorized employees monitor the use of information technology resources to help ensure that uses are secure and in conformity with this policy. Administrators reserve the right to examine, use, and disclose any data found on the school's information networks in order to further the health, safety, discipline, or security of any student or other person, or to protect property. They may also use this information in disciplinary actions, and will furnish evidence of crime to law enforcement when required.