All users must also recognize and honor the intellectual property rights of others. All users must maintain confidentiality of student information in compliance with federal and state law. All users must refrain from acts that waste academy technology resources or prevent others from using them. Users will not tamper with others' files or modify or delete system settings. Deliberate attempts to tamper with or degrade the performance of an academy computer system, telephone system or network or to deprive authorized users of access to or use of such resources are prohibited.
Users are responsible for both the content and possible effects of their messages on the network.
Altering electronic communications to hide your identity or impersonate another person is considered forgery and is prohibited. Users will abide by all copyright, trademark and other laws governing intellectual property. No software may be installed, copied, or used on academy equipment except as permitted by law. All software license provisions must be strictly adhered to. The academy disapproves of faculty, staff and students keeping pornography in any form at school, including, but not limited to, magazines, posters, videos, electronic files, or other electronic materials.