In the course of performing their jobs, MassEd. Net subscribers may have access to confidential or proprietary information, such as personal data about identifiable individuals or commercial information about business organizations. Under no circumstances is it permissible to acquire access to confidential data unless such access is required by their jobs. Under no circumstances may they disseminate any confidential information that they have rightful access to, unless such dissemination is required by their jobs. Computer programs are valuable intellectual property.
Software publishers can be very aggressive in protecting their property rights from infringement.
In addition to software, legal protections can also exist for any information published on the Internet, such as the text and graphics on a web site. As such, it is important that users respect the rights of intellectual property owners. Users should exercise care and judgment when copying or distributing computer programs or information that could reasonably be expected to be copyrighted. Users should exercise reasonable precautions in order to prevent the introduction of a computer virus into the MassEd. Virus scanning software should be used to check any software downloaded from the Internet or obtained from any questionable source.