“All electronic information transmitted by, received from

or stored is considered property of the Cambridge Public Schools and/or Cambridge School

Committee, as applicable, and is subject to random, suspicionless monitoring, archiving and

retrieval.”

Anything you send, receive, or save on a CPS device or CPS network can be monitored or recorded at any time, without any reason.

… for commercial purposes of any kind”

… to run your own business (no selling, etc)

…for political lobbying, although users may use the system to communicate with representatives and to express their opinion on political issues”

… to influence elections or to gather funds for a candidate, election, etc.

… for illegal or criminal activities”

… to do anything illegal

… for posting, disclosing or otherwise disseminating personal contact information about themselves or other people, including name, address, telephone, school or work address, without the prior permission of a school administrator, and the prior written permission of the individual whose personal contact information is to be posted

… to dox anyone. Don’t share contact info about anyone (even yourself) without permission of the principal AND the person whose info you’re sharing

… for posting, disclosing or otherwise disseminating student record information without the prior permission of a school administrator, and the prior written permission of the student’s parent/guardian”

… to share student record info (even yours) without the principal’s and the student’s permission

…for posting or otherwise disseminating a message that was sent to them privately without permission of the person who sent the message…”

… to share private messages sent to you (but it’s okay to share & tell an adult about something inappropriate)

… to threaten, humiliate, bully, harass, intimidate or send offensive information to another person or about another person”

… to cyberbully anyone

… for posting chain letters, engaging in spamming or engaging in any other inappropriate form of communication over the computer network”

… to spam anyone’s inbox or send chain letters (“share this with your top 10 friends”)

… for posting, disclosing or otherwise disseminating personnel record information without prior permission of a school administrator”

… to share personal record info about adults without the principal’s and the student’s permission

…for viewing, possessing, posting, disclosing, sending, sharing or otherwise disseminating sexually explicit digital pictures, text messages, emails or other material of a sexual nature on any computer, cell phone or other electronic device

regardless of whether federal or state child pornography law is violated”

… to send inappropriate pics

… for activities which disrupt the educational environment

… to take away from anyone’s learning

… for unethical activities, such as cheating on assignments or tests or engaging in plagiarism”

… to cheat. This includes using translators or google when you’ve been told not to.

… for activities that invade the privacy of others

… to hack anyone

… to attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Cambridge Public Schools Computer Network and Electronic Devices or any other computer network or go beyond the user’s authorized access, make deliberate or malicious attempts to disrupt the Computer Network and Electronic Devices or destroy data by spreading computer viruses or by any other means, or otherwise vandalize, tamper with, destroy or interfere with the Computer Network and Electronic Devices, with programs, data, files or any other electronic information or devices or attempt to vandalize, tamper with, destroy or interfere with the Computer Network or Electronic Devices, with programs, data, files or any other electronic information or devices”

… to hack the district or school

… to access material that is profane or obscene (i.e., pornography), that advocates illegal acts, that advocates violence or discrimination toward other people (i.e., hate literature), or that is illegal (i.e.,

gambling)”

… to access inappropriate content or site

… for personal use; in other words, the Cambridge Public Schools’ Computer Network and Electronic Devices should only be used for business and/or school purposes”

… to chat (even outside of school hours) about things that are unrelated to school

… to shop online

… to look up cheat codes for Xbox games

“... never reveal personal information about any user, such as address, telephone number, credit card number, social security number, unless express written permission is granted; and student users will never agree to meet with someone they meet on-line without a parent/guardian/caregiver’s approval”

… never share any kind of personal, contact, or identification information about anyone

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… never meet up with anyone you meet online without your adult’s permission

“... be responsible for the use of the Computer Network and Electronic Devices and account(s) at all times and never divulge his/her password(s) for any device or account to anyone”

… never share your password with anyone

“... promptly disclose to a teacher or school administrator any website that they locate or receive that is inappropriate or makes them feel unsafe

… tell an adult if something seems bad or dangerous

“... report any incidents or receipt of threats, humiliation, bullying, cyberbullying, retaliation, harassment, intimidation or offensive communications (whether via email, text message, social networking site or otherwise) in accordance with the provisions of the Cambridge Public Schools’ Non-Discrimination Policy and Prohibition Against Sexual Harassment and the Cambridge Public Schools’ Anti-Bullying Policy and Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan”

… report any bullying or unkind behavior

“... comply with the policies of the Cambridge Public School Committee and Cambridge Public Schools, including without limitation, its Non-Discrimination Policy and Prohibition Against Sexual Harassment, Non-Tolerance of Hate Crimes Policy and Anti-Bullying Policy and Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan in connection with the use of the Computer Network and Electronic Devices, including without limitation, the computer system and email”

… follow all rules for using your account, email, network, and device