Appendix D: Flintshire County Council Commitment Maintenance of a Suitable Environment for use of Electronic Communication by Schools
This Commitment Statement has been written by a multidisciplinary team with a wide range experience and will be reviewed each academic term. This team has been established to monitor use of electronic communications by schools and the environment in which such use takes place. Mechanisms for managing and controlling access are agreed by this multidisciplinary team and will be regularly reviewed. The team consists of representatives from schools, Education, Libraries and Youth Service plus IT, Audit and Legal departments. The commitment has been agreed by the managers of the ICT Unit and Corporate IT and approved by the Director of Education and Children’s Services, and Recreation. Version: 3.0
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Approved: ………………….… Director of Education, Children’s Services, and Recreation
In common with other media such as magazines, books and video, some material available via electronic communication and the Internet in particular is unsuitable for pupils. It is not possible to automatically check the content of electronic messages for every word or phrase that might be considered unsuitable. The County Council will take all reasonable precautions to ensure that users access only appropriate material. However, due to the international scale and linked nature of information available via the Internet, it is not possible to guarantee that particular types of material will never appear on a screen. Flintshire County Council cannot accept liability for the material accessed, or any consequences thereof.
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