List of active policies

Name Type User consent
Acceptable Use Site policy All users

Summary

Do not attempt to log in to Moodle unless you are authorised to do so. Please note that by logging in you are agreeing to the [Calderdale College IT Acceptable Use policy]

Full policy

Calderdale College Acceptable Use Policy - Please read carefully
IT services are made available to a wide range of users on a conditional basis. All users of College services must comply with this Acceptable Use Policy, which additionally incorporated the JANET Acceptable Use Policy. This policy applies to all College and personal devices, regardless of who owns the device. Breaches of this policy constitute a breach of the College Regulations and shall be subject to investigation.
All Students have access to the following:

  • Reasonable access to computers and printers.
  • A personal user account stored on Calderdale College servers with at least 500MB of storage space.
  • An Email account which you can access from within college or any internet connected computer system, powered through Microsoft Office365.
  • Filtered access to the internet which you can use for course-related activities. (Review section ‘Web Filtering Policy’
  • Free wireless access for personal devices.

In return, students are required to act in a responsible, ethical and legal manner.

Acceptable Use

  • Registered users are encouraged to use the College IT services to further the goals and objectives of their work, study and research.
  • ‘Personal use’ of the College IT services is permitted but only on a conditional basis providing it does not cause unwarranted expense, risk or liability, or reputational damage to the College to be incurred by the College or otherwise impact upon the delivery of services to others through its scale or nature.
  • Use of Personal devices through the CC-COLLEGE-USER Wireless system, which requires a registered user log in.

Unacceptable use
Unacceptable use includes, but is not limited to, the following activities (Other than for properly supervised and lawful research purposes), some of which may be unlawful in certain circumstances.

  • Accessing, creating, storing or transmitting (other than for properly supervised and lawful purposes) offensive, obscene or indecent data or images or material that might be subject to the provisions of counter-terrorism legislation.
    • The College has a statutory duty, under the Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015, termed “PREVENT”, to have a due regard for the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism.
  • Take part in any illegal activity. The Police will be informed where there is evidence of illegal activity.
  • Store, e-mail or publish comments which are defamatory to others, or which could constitute bullying or harassment in any form.
  • Access chat-rooms (text or voice) or online games (possible exceptions during breaks).
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to college systems or external networks (Hacking).
  • Attempt to install your own software on College Systems.
  • Waste college resources including disk space, paper, and computer time and internet capacity by for example viewing streaming video unrelated to your work.
  • Disclose private information about other people. Please be careful about giving other people personal information about yourself – they may not be who they say they are.
  • Send large numbers of unsolicited emails (spamming).
  • Using Hacking/Proxy Avoidance Systems

Web Content Filtering Policy
Calderdale College uses SonicWall to control its web filtering. SonicWall automatically blocks websites under common filters that relate to content considered offensive, obscene, indecent, defamatory or which advocate violent, illegal or discriminatory activities, as stated above. The College reserved the right to Filter content to sites manually alongside this. College staff have access to computer control software, allowing them to filter access to specific websites, or full internet access, on a class by class basis.
Should an End User believe that a site has been incorrectly blocked, they can discuss this with their tutor, who can send through a request to the ITSU helpdesk unblock a site. at the discretion of the ITSU and the safeguarding team, the site may be unblocked.

UK Legislation
Users must comply with all UK legislation relating to the use of information, computers and networks. Applicable laws include:
a. PREVENT Strategy. Government’s counter terrorist strategy
b. Data Protection Act 1998. This act makes provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to individuals, including the obtaining, holding, use or disclosure of such information. For more information please contact the Head of MIS.
c. Computer Misuse Act 1990. The act provides safeguards for computer material against unauthorised access or modification.
d. Fraud Act 2006. The Act prohibits ‘phishing’ whereby official-looking emails guide unsuspecting users to fake websites (e.g. fake bank websites) in order to steal their login details. Creating or possessing software to enable this activity is also an offence.