Use of computer services at The Thacher School is a privilege not a right. Students are expected to make responsible, ethical, and appropriate use of computers and information services at all times. Network and computer services include: use of personal and School machines and peripherals, use of the Internet, use of campus e-mail, and use of all associated software. Students should realize that these services are finite and costly and that such things as time, money, and hardware are wrongfully restricted or appropriated when these services are abused.

Thacher's Honor Code and Major Rules apply to information services in very particular ways: Use of Hardware, Software, and Connectivity

• Students may use only their own password.
• Students may not reconfigure or tamper with the network system in any way, nor attempt to access or alter files without proper authority.
• Students may not unlawfully copy software or information.
• Students may not use illegal software.

Information and Content
Students must cite properly all information that is acquired from electronic sources and used in their assignments.

In all electronic communications, students are expected to express themselves as though in a public forum, even in "private" e-mail, which, of course, is not at all private.

Anonymous, reckless, or harassing uses of electronic communications lie in direct opposition to the standards of honesty and community for which Thacher stands and are not permitted.

Thacher's rules and regulations regarding daily life also apply to computer services.

As students are held responsible for their own actions elsewhere at Thacher so are they held responsible for all activity conducted on their account or under their password.

The School holds specific expectations for students at each grade level for how they use their time during official study hours: the academic day and evening study hall. Each student's use of the campus net and the Internet is to conform to these expectations.

Game playing is not permitted on any School-owned computer, server, or network system.

These technology resources are an essential academic and communication tool at Thacher. A student's account will very likely not be suspended, therefore, even when abuses occur. Rather, disciplinary consequences of a more severe nature will result from a student's failure to comply with the above standards. Repeated failure can result in separation from the School.