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Material that is considered to be possibly illegal will be reported to both the Internet Watch Foundation and the company responsible for maintenance/update of the security software being used to control access.

Where necessary, following discussion with the Headteacher, early contact will be made with the Police to establish the legal position and discuss potential action.

Upon receipt of a request from a member of staff or an Officer to ban access to a site/page then the ICT Unit will take the following actions: access will be banned immediately the site/page will be checked against agreed criteria and a decision taken on whether to maintain the ban the decision will be communicated to the individual requesting the ban Identification by the ICT Unit of a site/page considered unsuitable - the ICT Unit will take the following actions: access will be banned immediately the site/page will be checked against agreed criteria and a decision taken on whether to maintain the ban The Headteacher of a school may make a request for access to a banned site/page or an appeal against a banned site/page in which case the following actions will be undertaken: individual/designated groups/pupils/staff requiring access, together with reason(s) and duration, must be communicated by electronic mail or in writing to the ICT Adviser the request/appeal will be considered by appropriate senior officers who will draw upon the views of the Assistant Director, Internal Audit and Legal Department as required the decision will be communicated to the Headteacher requesting the access All HTTP pages produced by schools for inclusion on the LEA intranet will be checked for viruses. Only pages that are free from known viruses will be considered for inclusion.

Electronic records will be automatically created by the filtering software of web pages visited by each user. Where appropriate investigation and monitoring of Internet use may be undertaken by staff within the ICT Unit, Corporate IT and Internal Audit.

For the use of electronic mail the following controls/actions are implemented and will be regularly reviewed: 20