Internet Use Policy
- The Internet is a global entity with no control of users or content. Therefore, available resources may contain material of a controversial nature. Not all sources on the Internet provide accurate, complete or current information. Users need to be good information consumers, questioning the validity of the information.
- Internet services shall not be used in a manner that would violate any law or infringe any copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity, privacy right or any other right of any person or entity.
- All use of Capitol College facilities must be consistent with the business of the college. Information placed on the system may relate only to charitable, educational, scientific, cultural, social or economic matters. Use of the system for any personal profit-oriented, commercial or business purpose is strictly prohibited.
- Academic work and email access takes precedence over the use of college computers for entertainment such as web surfing and playing games.
- Internet services may not be used for the purpose of transmitting or storing of material that is obscene, libelous or defamatory.
- Attempts to obtain unauthorized access to or alteration of either local or remote computer systems or networks are strictly prohibited.
- Concealing your identity or using someone else's identity while using the Capitol College network is strictly prohibited.
- Faculty, staff and students may not create connections or use devices on the campus network that compromise network security or media access controls. These include, but are not limited to, routers (both hardware and software), NAT (network address translation) or IP masquerading, wireless access points or client devices, manual configuration of TCP/IP settings, IP tunnels, or any methods allowing external connections to be made to the internal network.