Terms of Use
The SRS Sites/Services may contain e-mail services, bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, photo albums, file cabinets and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate with others (collectively, "Communication Services"). You agree to use the Communication Services only to post, send and receive messages and material that are proper and, comply with Sage Ridge School Policy, when applicable, related to the particular Communication Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree that when using a Communication Service, you will not:
- Use the Communication Service in connection with surveys, contests, pyramid schemes, chain letters, junk email, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise).
- Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
- Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.
- Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents to do the same.
- Upload files that contain viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another's computer or property of another.
- Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Service specifically allows such messages or your have obtained written permission for such use by the SRS Director of Technology or SRS Head of School.
- Download any file posted by another user of a Communication Service that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
- Falsify or delete any author attributions, legal or other proper notices or proprietary designations or labels of the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded.
- Restrict or inhibit any other user from using and enjoying the Communication Services.
- Violate any code of conduct or other guidelines which may be applicable for any particular Communication Service.
- Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses.
- Violate any applicable laws or regulations.
- Create a false identity for the purpose of misleading others.
- Use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to a person or entity any directory of users of an SRS Site/Service(s) or other user or usage information or any portion thereof.
Sage Ridge School has no obligation to monitor the Communication Services. However, Sage Ridge School reserves the right to review materials posted to a Communication Service and to remove any materials in its sole discretion. Sage Ridge School reserves the right to terminate your access to any or all of the Communication Services at any time, without notice, for any reason whatsoever.
Sage Ridge School reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as Sage Ridge School deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in Sage Ridge School's sole discretion.
Always use caution when giving out any personally identifying information about yourself or your children in any Communication Service. Sage Ridge School does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Service and, therefore, Sage Ridge School specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Service.
Materials uploaded to a Communication Service may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination, you are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download the materials.
Hazards
It is important to remember the following points about email:
- Email is meant for informal correspondence to facilitate administrative work at Sage Ridge School, as well as scholarly, scientific, and clinical communications.
- You should not use email for official record-keeping purposes. Email messages containing public record material should be printed out and filed.
- Email should not be considered private. Confidential information should not be sent by email.
- While every effort is made to deliver email reliably and quickly, the volume and the routing patterns sometimes cause delays or even lost mail. If you are not sure your message got through, it is a good idea to check.
Etiquette
If you receive a message that seems out of character for the sender, double-check before taking it seriously.
Email does not show subtleties of voice or body language. If you ever receive a message that makes you angry, do not under any circumstances respond immediately! Wait awhile to cool off, and if possible, meet and talk face-to-face.
Other email etiquette tips:
- Email can be misdirected, even when you are careful. Do not put something in an email message that you would not want read by everybody. And if you get someone else's message, let the sender know.
- Email is easily forwarded to someone else. Although this is convenient, it is not always appropriate. If you are unsure, ask the sender before forwarding the message.
- Email replies may go to more people than you realize. When replying to a message, be sure to look at the list of recipients.
- Email can be junk mail. Each recipient gets to decide if a message is "junk," so avoid unnecessary proliferation of messages.
- Email takes up disk space, so delete messages you no longer need.
- When you leave your computer unattended you should either logout or make sure your PC keyboard is locked in order to prevent unauthorized use of your account.